GIFT   OF 


WAR  DEPARTMENT 
MILITIA  BUREAU 


NATIONAL  GUARD 
REGULATIONS 


Under  the  Constitution  and 
the  Laws  of  the  United  States 


1919 


WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT  PRINTING  OFFICE 
1919 


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"WAR  DEPARTMENT 

DOCUMENT  No.  911 

Militia  Bureau 


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WAR  DEPARTMENT, 

June  IS,  1919. 

The  President  of  the  United  States  directs  that  the  following  reg- 
ulations governing  the  National  Guard  of  the  several  States,  Terri- 
tories, and  the  District  of  Columbia,  in  its  relations  with  the  War 
Department,  under  the  provisions  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United 
States  and  of  the  laws  of  Congress  thereunder,  be  published  for  the 
guidance  of  all  concerned,  and  that  they  be  strictly  observed. 

NEWTON  D.  BAKER, 

Secretary  of  War. 
Official: 

J.  Mel.  CARTER, 

Major  General,  General  Staff, 

Chief,  Militia  Bureau. 

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TABLE  OF  CONTENTS. 

ARTICLE-  I.  Constitutional  provisions  pertaining  to  the  National  Guard,  and  Federal 
laws  enacted  in  accordance  therewith. 

A.  Constitutional  provisions. 

B.  Federal  laws  prior  to  June  3,  1916. 

C.  National  defense  act  (act  of  June  3,  1916). 

D.  Act  of  May  12,  1917. 

•  II.  Military  discipline. 

III.  Rank  and  precedence  among  Regulars,  Militia,  and  Volunteers. 

IV.  Organization. 

A.  General  provisions. 

B.  Medical  Department. 

C.  Coast  Artillery  Corps. 

D.  State  Staff  Corps  and  Departments. 

E.  Organization  of  new  units  and  procedure  governing  the  extending 

of  Federal  recognition  thereto. 

*  V.  The  National  Guard  Reserve  and  Reserve  Battalions. 
VI.  Appointment,  examination,  and  promotion  of  officers. 

VII.  Separation  of  officers  from  the  service  and  transfer  of  officers. 
VIII.  Appointment  of  noncommissioned  officers. 

A.  All  arms  except  Medical  Department. 

B.  Medical  Department. 

IX.  Enlistment,  transfer,  and  discharge  of  enlisted  men. 
X.  Training  and  instruction. 

A.  Federal  instructors. 

B.  Attendance  at  Army  service  schools. 

1.  Officers. 

2.  Enlisted  men. 

C.  Officers  and  men  of  National  Guard  attached  to  Regular  Army 

for  instruction. 

D.  Armory  instruction. 

E.  Field  instruction. 

F.  Target  practice  and  competitions. 
XI.  Uniform. 

XII.  Inspections. 

XIII.  Courts-martial  in  the  National  Guard. 

XIV.  Target  ranges. 

A.  Acquisition. 

B.  Maintenance. 
>  XV.  Federal  funds. 
XVI.  Federal  property. 

XVII.  Pay  for  armory  drill. 
XVIII.  Care  of  animals  and  materiel. 

XIX.  Returns  and  reports. 

»  XX.  Call  and  draft  into  Federal  service. 
'XXI.  Militia  Bureau. 

A.  Functions  of  Militia  Bureau. 

B.  Functions  of  department  commanders. 

C.  Rules  of  correspondence. 


ERRATA. 

(To  follow  table  of  contents;  changes  to  be  made  in  ink.) 

1.  Note  (/),  page  51,  cross  out  word  " originally." 

2.  Note  (/),  page  53,  cross  out  word  "  originally." 

3.  Par.   302-B,  page   84,    after   "colonel,  promotion   to,"   "22" 
should  be  "23." 

4.  Par.  690,  page  186,  "Ordnance,"  4th  line,  should  read  "Office." 
-5.  Par.  913,  page  235,  "apportionment,"   10th  line,  should  read 

"allotment." 

6.  Par.  936,  page  248,  "settlement,"  last  line,  should  read  "en- 
listment." 

7.  Index,  page   294,  paragraph  reference,  "Rifles:   Issue  of,  for 
civilian  rifle  practice,"  "70"  should  read  "76." 

(Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 


ARTICLE  I. 


CONSTITUTIONAL  PROVISIONS  PERTAINING  TO  THE  NA- 
TIONAL GUARD  AND  FEDERAL  LAWS  ENACTED  IN  ACCORD- 
ANCE THEREWITH. 

1.  The  relations  of  the  War  Department  to  the  National  Guard  of 
the  several  States,  Territories,  and  District  of  Columbia  are  gov- 
erned by  the  provisions  of  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States 
which  pertain  to  the  militia  and  by  the  Federal  laws  which  have  been 
enacted  by  Congress  pursuant  to  the  authority  conferred  by  the  con- 
stitutional provisions.     These  constitutional  provisions  and  Federal 
laws  may  be  enumerated  as  follows : 

A.  CONSTITUTIONAL  PROVISIONS. 

2.  A  well-regulated  militia  being  necessary  to  the  security  of  a  free 
state,  the  right  of  the  people  to  keep  and  bear  arms  shall  not  be 
infringed.     (Art.  II,  amendments.) 

3.  The  Congress  shall  have  power     *     *    * 

(a)  To  provide  for  calling  forth  the  militia  to  execute  the  laws  of 
the  Union,  suppress  insurrections,  and  repel  invasions. 

(6)  To  provide  for  organizing,  arming,  and  disciplining  the  militia 
and  for  governing  such  part  of  them  as  may  be  employed  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States,  reserving  to  the  States,  respectively, 
the  appointment  of  the  officers  and  the  authority  of  training  the 
militia  according  to  the  discipline  prescribed  by  Congress.  (Art.  I, 
sec.  8.) 

(c)  To  make  all  laws  which  shall  be  necessary  and  proper  for  car- 
rying into  execution  the  foregoing  powers  and  all  other  powers  vested 
by  this  Constitution  in  the  Government  of  the  United  States,  or  in 
any  department  or  officer  thereof.  (Art.  I,  sec.  8.) 

4.  The  executive  powers  shall  be  vested  hi  a  President  of  the 
United  States  of  America.     (Art.  II,  sec.  1.) 

5.  The  President  shall  be  Commander  in  Chief  of  the  Army  and 
Navy  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  militia  of  the  several  States 
when  called  into  the  actual  service  of  the  United  States.     (Art.  II, 
sec.  2.) 

6.  The  United  States  shall  guarantee  to  every  State  in  this  Union 
a  republican  form  of  government,  and  shall  protect  each  of  them 
against  invasion;  and  on  application  of  the  legislature  or  of  the 
executive  (when  the  legislature  can  not  be  convened)  against  domestic 
violence.     (Art.  IV,  sec.  4.) 

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7.  In  every  case  in  which  a  vessel  is  fitted  out  and  armed,  or 
attempted  to  be  fitted  out  and  armed,  or  in  which  the  force  of  any 
vessel  of  war,  cruiser,  or  other  armed  vessel  is  increased  or  augmented, 
or  in  which  any  military  expedition  or  enterprise  is  begun  or  set  on 
foot,  contrary  to  the  provisions  and  prohibitions  of  this  title;  and  in 
every  case  of  the  capture  of  a  vessel  within  the  jurisdiction  or  pro- 
tection of  the  United  States  as  before  defined;  and  in  every  case  in 
which  any  process  issuing  out  of  any  court  of  the  United  States  is 
disobeyed  or  resisted  by  any  person  having  the  custody  of  any  vessel 
of  war,  cruiser,  or  other  armed  vessel  of  any  foreign  prince  or  State, 
or  of  any  colony,  district,  or  people,  or  of  any  subjects  or  citizens  of 
any  foreign  prince  or  State,  or  of  any  colony,  district,  or  people,  it 
shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  other  person  as  he  shall  have 
empowered  for  that  purpose  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval 
forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  militia  thereof,  for  the  purpose  of 
taking  possession  of  and  detaining  any  such  vessel,  with  her  prizes, 
if  any,  in  order  to  the  execution  of  the  prohibitions  and  penalties  of 
this  title,  and  to  the  restoring  of  such  prizes  in  the  cases  hi  which 
restoration  shall  be  adjudged;  and  also  for  the  purpose  of  preventing 
the  carrying  on  of  any  such  expedition  or  enterprise  from  the  terri- 
tories or  jurisdiction  of  the  United  States  against  the  territories  or 
dominions  of  any  foreign  prince  or  State,  or  of  any  colony,  district, 
or  people  with  whom  the  United  States  are  at  peace.     (Sec.  5287, 
Rev.  Stat.) 

8.  It  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  or  such  person  as  he  shall 
empower  for  that  purpose,  to  employ  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval 
forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  the  militia  thereof,  as  shall  be 
necessary  to  compel  any  foreign  vessel  to  depart  the  United  States  ia 
all  cases  in  which,  by  the  laws  of  nations  or  treaties  of  the  United 
States,  she  ought  not  to  remain  with  the  United  States.     (Sec.  5288, 
Rev.  Stat.) 

9.  In  case  of  an  insurrection  hi  any  State  against  the  government 
thereof,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  on  application  of  the 
legislature  of  such  State,  or  of  the  executive,  when  the  legislature  can 
not  be  convened,  to  call  forth  such  number  of  the  militia  of  any  other 
State  or  States,  which  may  be  applied  for,  as  he  deems  sufficient  to 
suppress  such  insurrection;  or,  on  like  application,  to  employ  for  the 
same  purposes  such  part  of  the  land  or  naval  forces  of  the  United 
States  as  he  deems  necessary.     (Sec.  5297,  Rev.  Stat.) 

10.  Whenever,  by  reason  of  unlawful  obstructions,  combinations, 
or  assemblages  of  persons,  or  rebellion  against  the  authority  of  the 
Government  of  the  United  States,  it  shall  become  impracticable,  in 
the  judgment  of  the  President,  to  enforce,  by  the  ordinary  course  of 


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judicial  proceedings,  the  laws  of  the  United  States  within  any  State 
or  Territory,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President  to  call  forth  the 
militia  of  any  or  all  the  States,  and  to  employ  such  parts  of  the  land 
and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to 
enforce  the  faithful  execution  of  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  to 
suppress  such  rebellion,  in  whatever  State  or  Territory  thereof  the 
laws  of  the  United  States  may  be  forcibly  opposed  or  the  execution 
thereof  forcibly  obstructed.  (Sec.  5298,  Rev.  Stat.) 

11.  Whenever  insurrection,  domestic  violence,  unlawful  combina- 
tions, or  conspiracies  in  any  State  so  obstructs  or  hinders  the  execu- 
tion of  the  laws  thereof,  and  of  the  United  States,  as  to  deprive  any 
portion  or  class  of  the  people  of  such  State  of  any  of  the  rights-, 
privileges,  or  immunities  or  protection  named  in  the  Constitution  and 
secured  by  the  laws  for  the  protection  of  such  rights,  privileges,  or 
immunities,  and  the  constituted  authorities  of  such  State  are  unable 
to  protect,  or,  from  any  cause,  fail  in  or  refuse  protection  of  the  people 
in  such  rights,  such  facts  shall  be  deemed  a  denial  of  such  State  of  the 
equal  protection  of  the  laws  to  which  they  are  entitled  under  the  Con- 
stitution of  the  United  States,  and  in  all  such  cases  or  whenever  any 
such   insurrection,   violence,   unlawful   combination,   or   conspiracy 
opposes  or  obstructs  the  laws  of  the  United  States,  or  the  due  execu- 
tion thereof,  or  impedes  or  obstructs  the  due  course  of  justice  under 
the  same,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the  President,  and  it  shall  be  his  duty 
to  take  such  measures,  by  the  employment  of  the  militia  or  the  land 
and  naval  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  of  either,  or  by  other  means, 
as  he  may  deem  necessary,  for  the  suppression  of  such  insurrection, 
domestic  violence,  or  combination.     (Sec.  5299,  Rev.  Stat.) 

12.  It  shall  be  unlawful  to  take  any  vessel  or  cargo  detained  under 
the  preceding  section  from  the  custody  of  the  proper  officers  of  the 
customs,  unless  by  process  of  some  court  of  the  United  States;  and 
in  case  of  any  attempt  otherwise  to  take  such  vessel  or  cargo  by  any 
force,  or  combination,  or  assemblage  of  persons,  too  great  to  be  over- 
come by  the  officers  of  the  customs,  the  President,  or  such  person  as 
lie  shaU  have  empowered  for  that  purpose,  may  employ  such  part  of  the 
Army  or  Navy  or  militia  of  the  United  States,  or  such  force  of  citizen 
volunteers  as  may  be  necessary,  to  prevent  the  removal  of  such 
vessel  or  cargo,  and  to  protect  the  officers  of  the  customs  in  retaining 
the  custody  thereof.     (Sec.  5316,  Rev.  Stat.) 

13.  That  when  the  militia  is  called  into  the  actual  service  of  the 
United  States,  or  any  portion  of  the  militia  is  called  forth  under  the 
provisions  of  this  act,  their  pay  shall  commence  from  the  day  of 
their  appearing  at  the  place  of  company  rendezvous;   but  this  pro- 
vision shall  not  be  construed  to  authorize  any  species  of  expenditure 
previous  to  arriving  at  such  places  of  rendezvous  which  is  not  pro- 
vided by  existing  laws  to  be  paid  after  their  arrival  at  such  places 


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of  rendezvous.     (Sec.  11,  act  of  Jan.  21,  1903,  as  amended  by  the 
act  of  May  27,  1908.) 

14.  That  the  Secretary  of  War  shall,  with  his  annual  report  of 
each  year,  transmit  to  Congress  an  abstract  of  the  returns  and  reports 
of  the  adjutants  general  of  the  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of 
Columbia,  with  such  observations  thereon  as  he  may  deem  necessary 
for  the  information  of  Congress.     (Sec.  12,  act  of  Jan.  21,  1903,  as 
amended  by  act  of  May  27,  1908.) 

15.  The  Secretary  of  War  may  assign  retired  officers  of  the  Army, 
with  their  consent,  to  active  duty  for  service  in  connection  with  the 
Organized  Militia  in  the  several  States  and  Territories  upon  the 
request  of  the  governor  thereof;   and  such  officers  while  so  assigned 
shall  receive  the  full  pay  and  allowances  of  then*  respective  grades. 
(Act  of  Apr.  23,  1904.) 

A  colonel  or  lieutenant  colonel  heretofore  or  hereafter  assigned  to 
active  duty  shafl  hereafter  receive  the  same  pay  and  allowances  as 
a  retired  major  would  receive  under  a  like  assignment.  (Act  of 
June  12,  1906.) 

16.  Upon  the  request  of  the  governors  of  the  several  States  and 
Territories  concerned  the  President  may  detach  officers  of  the  active 
list  of  the  Army  from  their  proper  commands  for  duty    *     *     *     as 
inspectors   and   instructors   of   the   Organized   Militia,    as   follows, 
namely:    Not  to  exceed  one  officer  for  each  regiment  and  separate 
battalion  of  infantry,  or  its  equivalent  of  other  troops.     (Act  of 
Mar.  3,  1911.) 

C.  PROVISIONS  OF  THE  NATIONAL  DEFENSE  ACT  (ACT  OF  JUNE  3,  1916) 
PERTAINING  TO  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD. 

17.  Be  it  enacted  ly  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  of  the 
United  States  of  America  in  Congress  assembled,  That  the  Army  of 
the  United  States  shall  consist  of  the  Regular  Army,  the  Volunteer 
Army,  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  the  Enlisted  Reserve  Corps,  the 
National  Guard  while  hi  the  service  of  the  United  States,  and  such 
other  land  forces  as  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  authorized  by  law. 

18.  SEC.    28.   PAY  OF   CERTAIN   ENLISTED   MEN. — Hereafter   the 
monthly  pay  of  enlisted  men  of  certain  grades  of  the  Army  created 
in  this  Act  shall  be  as  follows,  namely:    Quartermaster  sergeant, 
senior  grade,  Quartermaster  Corps;   master  hospital  sergeant,  Medi- 
cal Department;   master  engineer,  senior  grade,  Corps  of  Engineers; 
and  band  leader,  Infantry,  Cavalry,  Artillery,  and  Corps  of  Engineers, 
$75;   hospital  sergeant,  Medical  Department;    and  master  engineer, 
junior  grade,  Corps  of  Engineers,  $65;   sergeant,  first  class,  Medical 
Department,  $50;    sergeant,  first  class,  Corps  of  Engineers;    regi- 
mental supply  sergeant,  Infantry,  Cavalry,  Field  Artillery,  and  Corps 
of  Engineers;    battalion  supply  sergeant,  Corps  of  Engineers;    and 


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assistant  engineer,  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  $45;  assistant  band  leader, 
Infantry,  Cavalry,  Artillery,  and  Corps  of  Engineers;  and  sergeant 
bugler,  Infantry,  Cavalry,  Artillery,  and  Corps  of  Engineers,  $40; 
musicians,  first  class,  'Infantry,  Cavalry,  Artillery,  and  Corps  of 
Engineers;  supply  sergeant,  mess  sergeant,  and  stable  sergeant, 
Corps  of  Engineers;  sergeant  Medical  Department,  $36;  supply 
sergeant,  Infantry,  Cavalry,  and  Artillery;  mess  sergeant,  Infantry, 
Cavalry,  and  Artillery;  cook,  Medical  Department;  korseshoer, 
Infantry,  Cavalry,  Artillery,  Corps  of  Engineers,  Signal  Corps,  and 
Medical  Department;  stable  sergeant,  Infantry  and  Cavalry;  radio 
sergeant,  Coast  Artillery  Corps;  and  musicians,  second  class,  In- 
fantry, Cavalry,  Artillery,  and  Corps  of  Engineers,  $30;  musician, 
third  class,  Infantry,  Cavalry,  Artillery,  and  Corps  of  Engineers; 
corporal,  Medical  Department,  $24;  saddler,  Infantry,  Cavalry, 
Field  Artillery,  Corps  of  Engineers,  and  Medical  Department;  me- 
chanic, Infantry,  Cavalry,  and  Field  Artillery,  and  Medical  Depart- 
ment; farrier,  Medical  Department;  and  wagoner,  Infantry,  Field 
Artillery,  and  Corps  of  Engineers,  $21;  private,  first  class,  Infantry, 
Cavalry,  Artillery,  and  Medical  Department,  $18;  private,  Medical 
Department,  and  bugler,  $15.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall 
operate  to  reduce  the  pay  or  allowances  now  authorized  by  law  for 
any  grade  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Army:  "Provided,  That  enlisted  men 
who  are  now  qualified,  or  who  may  hereafter  qualify,  as  expert  mili- 
tary telegraphers  shall  receive  $5  a  month;  as  first-class  military 
telegraphers,  $3  a  month;  as  military  telegraphers,  $2  a  month; 
all  in  addition  to  their  pay,  under  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary 
of  War  may  prescribe,  but  no  enlisted  man  shall  receive  at  the  same 
time  additional  pay  for  more  than  one  of  the  classifications  named.'7 
(As  amended  by  act  of  Congress  approved  July  9,  1918.) 

SEC.  10.  That  all  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  forces  herein  pro- 
vided for  other  than  the  Regular  Army  shall  be  in  all  respects  on  the 
same  footing  as  to  pay,  allowances,  and  pensions  as  officers  and  en- 
listed men  of  corresponding  grades  and  length  of  service  in  the 
Regular  Army;  and  commencing  June  one,  nineteen  hundred  and 
seventeen,  and  continuing  until  the  termination  of  the  emergency, 
all  enlisted  men  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States  in  active  service 
whose  base  pay  does  not  exceed  $21  per  month  shall  receive  an  in- 
crease of  $15  per  month;  those  whose  base  pay  is  $24,  an  increase  of 
$12  per  month;  those  whose  base  pay  is  $30,  $36,  or  $40,  an  increase 
of  $8  per  month;  and  those  whose  base  pay  is  $45  or  more,  an  increase 
of  $6  per  month:  Provided,  That  the  increases  of  pay  herein  author- 
ized shall  not  enter  into  the  computation  of  continuous-service  pay. 
(Act  of  May  18,  1917.) 

Provided,  That  the  pro  visions  of  section  10  of  an  Act  entitled  "An 
Act  to  authorize  the  President  to  increase  temporarily  the  Military 


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Establishment  of  the  United  States",  approved  May  18,  1917,  in  so 
for  as  it  increases  the  pay  of  the  enlisted  men  of  the  Army,  be,  and 
the  same  hereby  are,  continued  in  force  and  effect  from  and  after  the 
date  and  approval  of  this  Act.  (Act  of  July  11,  1919.) 

19.  SEC.  36.  SERGEANTS  FOR  DUTY  WITH  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD. — 
For  the  purpose  of  assisting  in  the  instruction  of  the  personnel  and 
care  of  property  hi  the  hands  of  the  National  Guard  the  Secretary 
of  War  is  authorized  to  detail  from  the  Infantry,  Cavalry,  Field 
Artillery,  Corps  of  Engineers,  Coast  Artillery  Corps,  Medical  Depart- 
ment, and  Signal  Corps  of  the  Regular  Army  not  to  exceed  one  thou- 
sand sergeants  for  duty  with  corresponding  organizations  of  the 
National  Guard  and  not  to  exceed  one  hundred  sergeants  for  duty 
with  the  disciplinary  organizations  at  the  United  States  Disciplinary 
Barracks,  who  shall  be  additional  to  the  sergeants   authorized  by 
this  act  for  the    corps,   companies,   troops,  batteries,   and  detach- 
ments from  which  they  may  be  detailed. 

20.  SEC.  57.  COMPOSITION  OF  THE  MILITIA. — The  militia  of  the 
United  States  shall  consist  of  all  able-bodied  male  citizens  of  the 
United  States  and  all  other  able-bodied  males  who  have  or  shall 
have  declared  their  intention  to  become  citizens  of  the  United  States, 
who  shall  be  more  than  eighteen  years  of  age  and,  except  as  herein- 
after provided,  not  more  than  forty-five  years  of  age,  and  said  militia 
shall  be  divided  into  three  classes,  the  National  Guard,  the  Naval 
Militia,  and  the  Unorganized  Militia. 

21.  SEC.  58.  COMPOSITION  OF  THE   NATIONAL  GUARD. — The  Na- 
tional Guard  shall  consist  of  the  regularly  enlisted  militia  between 
the  ages  of  eighteen  and  forty-five  years  organized,   armed,   and 
equipped    as   hereinafter   provided,    and   of    commissioned    officers 
between  the  ages  of  twenty-one  and  sixty-four  years. 

22.  SEC.  59.  EXEMPTIONS  FROM  MILITIA  DUTY. — The  Vice  Presi- 
dent of  the  United  States;  the  officers,  judicial  and  executive,  of  the 
Government  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  several  States  and 
Territories;  persons  in  the  military  or  naval  service  of  the  United 
States;  customhouse  clerks;  persons  employed  by  the  United  States 
in  the  transmission  of  the  mail;  artificers  and  workmen  employed 
in  the  armories,   arsenals,   and  navy  yards  of  the  United  States; 
pilots;  mariners  actually  employed  in  the  sea  service  of  any  citizen 
or  merchant  within  the  United  States,  shall  be  exempt  from  militia 
duty  without  regard  to  age,  and  all  persons  who  because  of  religious 
belief  shall  claim  exemption  from  military  service,  if  the  conscien- 
tious holding  of  such  belief  by  such  person  shall  be  established  under 
such  regulations  as  the  President  shall  prescribe,  shall  be  exempted 
from  militia  service  in   a  combatant  capacity;  but  no   person  so 
exempted  shall  be  exempt  from  militia  service  in  any  capacity  that 
the  President  shall  declare  to  be  noncombatant. 


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23.  SEC.  60.  ORGANIZATION  OF  NATIONAL  GUARD  UNITS. — Except 
as  otherwise  specifically  provided  herein,   the  organization  of  the 
National  Guard,  including  the  composition  of  all  units  thereof,  shall 
be  the  same  as  that  which  is  or  may  hereafter  be  prescribed  for  the 
Regular  Army,  subject  in  time  of  peace  to  such  general  exceptions 
as  may  be  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War.     And  the  President 
may  prescribe   the  particular  unit  or  units,  as  to  branch  or  arm  of 
service,  to  be  maintained  in  each  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  in  order  to  secure  a  force  which,  when  combined,  shall 
form  complete  higher  tactical  units. 

24.  SEC.  61.  MAINTENANCE  OF  OTHER  TROOPS  BY  THE  STATES. — • 
No  State  shall  maintain  troops  in  time  of  peace  other  than  as  author- 
ized in  accordance  with  the  organization  prescribed  under  this  act: 
Provided,  That  nothing  contained  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  as 
limiting  the  rights  of  the  States  and  Territories  in  the  use  of  the 
National  Guard  within  their  respective  borders  in  time  of  peace: 
Provided  further,  That  nothing  contained  in  this  act  shall  prevent 
the  organization  and  maintenance  of  State  police  or  constabulary. 

25.  SEC.  62.  NUMBER  OF  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD. — The  number  of 
enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard  to  be  organized  under  this  act 
within  one  year  from  its  passage  shall  be  for  each  State  in  the  pro- 
portion of  two  hundred  such  men  for  each  Senator  and  Representa- 
tive in  Congress  from  such  State,  and  a  number  to  be  determined 
by  the  President  for  each  Territory  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  and 
shall  be  increased  each  year  thereafter  in  the  proportion  of  not  less 
than  fifty  per  centum  until  a  total  peace  strength  of  not  less  than 
eight  hundred  enlisted  men  for  each  Senator  and  Representative  in 
Congress  shall  have  been  reached:  Provided,  That  in  States  which 
have  but  one  Representative  in  Congress  such  increase  shall  be  at 
the  discretion  of  the  President:  Provided  further,  That  this  shall  not 
be  construed  to  prevent  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia from  organizing  the  full  number  of  troops  required  under  this 
section  in  less  time  than  is  specified  in  this  section,  or  from  main- 
taining existing  organizations  if  they  shall  conform  to  such  rules  and 
regulations  regarding  organization,  strength,  and  armament  as  the 
President  may  prescribe:  And  provided  further,  That  nothing  in  this 
act  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  any  State  with  but  one  Repre- 
sentative in  Congress  from  organizing  one  or  more  regiments  of 
troops,  with  such  auxiliary  troops  as  the  President  may  prescribe; 
such  organizations  and  members  of  such  organizations  to  receive  all 
the  benefits  accruing  under  this  act  under  the  conditions  set  forth 
herein:  Provided  further,  That  the  word  Territory  as  used  in  this  act 
and  in  all  laws  relating  to  the  land  militia  and  National  Guard  shall 
include  and  apply  to  Hawaii,  Alaska,  Porto  Rico,  and  the  Canal  Zone, 
and  the  militia  of  the  Canal  Zone  shall  be  organized  under  such  rules 


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and  regulations,  not  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  as  the 
President  may  prescribe;  "Provided,  That  the  provisions  of  section 
62  of  the  act  entitled  'An  act  for  making  further  and  more  effectual 
provision  for  the  national  defense,  and  for  other  purposes, '  approved 
June  3,  1916,  shall  be  considered  fulfilled  if  the  first  strength  men- 
tioned therein  be  attained  by  June  30,  1920,  and  the  other  increments 
provided  therein  be  attained  by  successive  years  thereafter:  Pro- 
vided further,  That  this  shall  not  prevent  any  State  from  compliance 
with  the  provisions  of  section  62 :  Provided  further,  That  the  appro- 
priations and  provisions  of  this  act  referring  to  the  National  Guard 
shall  become  applicable  and  available  upon  the  approval  of  this 
act."  (Act  of  July  11,  1919.) 

26.  SEC.  63.  Any  corps  of  Artillery,  Cavalry,  or  Infantry  existing 
in  any  of  the  States  on  the  passage  of  the  act  of  May  eighth,  seventeen 
hundred  and  ninety-two,  which  by  the  laws,  customs,  or  usages  of 
said  States  has  been  in  continuous  existence  since  the  passage  of  said 
act,  under  its  provisions  and  under  the  provisions  of  section  two 
hundred  and  thirty-two  and  sections  sixteen  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  to  sixteen  hundred  and  sixty,  both  inclusive,  of  title  sixteen  of 
the  Revised  Statutes  of  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-three,  and  the 
act  of  January  twenty-first,  nineteen  hundred  and  three,  relating  to 
the  militia,  shall  be  allowed  to  retain  its  ancient  priviliges,  subject, 
nevertheless,  to  all  duties  required  by  law  of  militia:  Provided,  That 
said  organizations  may  be  a  part  of  the  National  Guard  and  entitled 
to  all  the  privileges  of  this  act,  and  shall  conform  in  all  respects  to 
the  organization,  discipline,  and  training  of  the  National  Guard  in 
time  of  war:  Provided  further,  That  for  purposes  of  training  and  when 
on  active  duty  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  they  may  be  assigned 
to  higher  units,  as  the  President  may  direct,  and  shall  be  subject  to 
the  orders  of  officers  under  whom  they  shall  be  serving. 

27.  SEC.  64.  ASSIGNMENT  OF  NATIONAL  GUARD  TO  BRIGADES  AND 
DIVISIONS. — For  the  purpose  of  main  taming  appropriate  organiza- 
tion and  to  assist  in  instruction  and  training,  the  President  may 
assign  the  National  Guard  of  the  several  States  and  Territories  and 
the  District  of  Columbia  to  divisions,  brigades,  and  other  tactical 
units,  and  may  detail  officers  either  from  the  National  Guard  or  the 
Regular  Army  to  command  such  units:  Provided,  That  where  com- 
plete units  are  organized  within  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  the  commanding  officers  thereof  shall  not  be  displaced 
under  the  provisions  of  this  section. 

28.  SEC.  65.  CHIEFS  OF  STAFF  OF  NATIONAL  GUARD  DIVISIONS. — 
The  President  may  detail  one  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  as  chief 
of  staff  and  one  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  or  the  National  Guard 
as  assistant  to  the  chief  of  staff  of  any  division  of  the  National  Guard 
in  the  service  of  the  United  States  as  a  National  Guard  organization: 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  13 

Provided,  That  in  order  to  insure  the  prompt  mobilization  of  the 
National  Guard  in  time  of  war  or  other  emergency,  the  President 
may,  in  time  of  peace,  detail  an  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  to 
perform  the  duties  of  chief  of  staff  for  each  fully  organized  tactical 
division  of  the  National  Guard. 

29.  SEC.  66.  ADJUTANTS  GENERAL  OF  STATES,  AND  so  FORTH.— 
The  adjutants  general  of  the  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of 
Columbia  and  the  officers  of  the  National  Guard  shall  make  such 
returns  and  reports  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  or  to  such  officers  as  he 
may  designate,  at  such  times  and  in  such  form  as  the  Secretary  of 
War  may  from  time  to  time  prescribe:  Provided,  That  the  adjutants 
general  of  the  Territories  and  of  the  District  of  Columbia  shall  be 
appointed  by  the  President  with  such  rank  and  qualifications  as  he 
may  prescribe,  and  each  adjutant  general  for  a  Territory  shall  be  a 
citizen  of  the  Territory  for  which  he  is  appointed. 

30.  SEC.  67.  APPROPRIATION,    APPORTIONMENT,     AND    DISBURSE- 
MENT OF  FUNDS  FOR  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD. — A  sum  of  money  shall 
hereafter  be  appropriated  annually,  to  be  paid  out  of  any  money 
in  the  Treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  support  of  the 
National  Guard,  including  the  expense  of  providing  arms,  ordnance 
stores,    quartermaster  stores,    and   camp   equipage,    and   all   other 
military  supplies  for  issue  to  the  National  Guard,  and  such  other 
expenses  pertaining  to  said  guard  as  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be 
authorized  by  law. 

The  appropriation  provided  for  in  this  section  shall  be  apportioned 
among  the  several  States  and  Territories  under  just  and  equitable 
procedure  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  and  in  direct 
ratio  to  the  number  of  enlisted  men  in  active  service  in  the  National 
Guard  existing  in  such  States  and  Territories  at  the  date  of  appor- 
tionment of  said  appropriation,  and  to  the  District  of  Columbia, 
under  such  regulations  as  the  President  may  prescribe:  Provided, 
That  the  sum  so  apportioned  among  the  several  States,  Territories, 
and  the  District  of  Columbia,  shall  be  available  under  such  rules  as 
may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  actual  and 
necessary  expenses  incurred  by  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the 
Regular  Army  when  traveling  on  duty  in  connection  with  the 
National  Guard;  for  the  transportation  of  supplies  furnished  to  the 
National  Guard  for  the  permanent  equipment  thereof;  for  office  rent 
and  necessary  office  expenses  of  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  on  duty 
with  the  National  Guard;  for  the  expenses  of  the  Militia  Bureau, 
including  clerical  services,  now  authorized  for  the  Division  of  Militia 
Affairs;  for  expenses  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  on  duty 
with  the  Natipnal  Guard,  including  quarters,  fuel,  light,  medicines, 
and  medical  attendance;  and  such  expenses  shall  constitute  a  charge 
against  the  whole  sum  annually  appropriated  for  the  support  of 


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the  National  Guard,  and  shall  be  paid  therefrom  and  not  from  the 
allotment  duly  apportioned  to  any  particular  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia;  for  the  promotion  of  rifle  practice,  includ- 
ing the  acquisition,  construction,  maintenance,  and  equipment  of 
shooting  gaUeries  and  suitable  target  ranges;  for  the  hiring  of 
horses  and  draft  animals  for  the  use  of  mounted  troops,  batteries, 
and  wagons;  for  forage  for  the  same;  and  for  such  other  incidental 
expenses  in  connection  with  lawfully  authorized  encampments, 
maneuvers,  and  field  instruction  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  deem 
necessary,  and  for  such  other  expenses  pertaining  to  the  National 
Guard  as  are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  authorized  by  law. 

"The  governor  of  each  State  and  Territory  and  the  Commanding 
General  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  District  of  Columbia  shall 
appoint,  designate,  or  detail,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  the  Adjutant  General  or  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard 
of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,  who  shall  be  regarded 
as  property  and  disbursing  officer  of  the  United  States."  (As 
amended  by  act  of  Congress,  approved  July  9,  1918). 

He  shall  receipt  and  account  for  all  funds  and  property  belonging 
to  the  United  States  in  possession  of  the  National  Guard  of  his 
State,  Territory,  or  District,  and  shall  make  such  returns  and  reports 
concerning  the  same  as  may  be  required  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 
The  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized,  on  the  requisition  of  the  governor 
of  a  State  or  Territory  or  the  Commanding  General  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  to  pay  to  the  property  and 
disbursing  officer  thereof  so  much  of  its  allotment  out  of  the  annual 
appropriation  for  the  support  of  the  National  Guard  as  shall,  in  the 
judgment  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  be  necessary  for  the  purposes 
enumerated  therein.  He  shall  render,  through  the  War  Department, 
such  accounts  of  Federal  funds  intrusted  to  him  for  disbursement  as 
may  be  required  by  the  Treasury  Department.  Before  entering 
upon  the  performance  of  his  duties  as  property  and  disbursing 
officer  he  shall  be  required  to  give  good  and  sufficient  bond  to  the 
United  States,  the  amount  thereof  to  be  determined  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duties  and  for  the 
safe-keeping  and  proper  disposition  of  the  Federal  property  and 
funds  intrusted  to  his  care.  He  shall,  after  having  qualified  as 
property  and  disbursing  officer,  receive  pay  for  his  services  at  a 
rate  to  be  fixed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  such  compensation 
shall  be  a  charge  against  the  whole  SUTQ  annually  appropriated  for 
the  support  of  the  National  Guard:  Provided,  That  when  traveling 
in  the  performance  of  his  official  duties  under  orders  issued  by  the 
proper  authorities  he  shall  be  reimbursed  for  his  actual  necessary 
traveling  expenses,  the  sum  to  be  made  a  charge  against  the  allot- 
ment of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia:  Provided 


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further,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  cause  an  inspection  of  the 
accounts  and  records  of  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  to  be 
made  by  an  inspector  general  of  the  Army  at  least  once  each  year: 
And  provided  further,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  is  empowered  to 
make  all  rules  and  regulations  necessary  to  carry  into  effect  the 
provisions  of  this  section. 

31.  SEC.  68.  LOCATION    OF   UNITS. — The    States    and    Territories 
shall  have  the  right  to  determine  and  fix  the  location  of  the  units 
and  headquarters  of  the  National  Guard  within  their  respective  bor- 
ders: Provided,  That  no  organization  of  the  National  Guard,  mem- 
bers of  which  shall  be  entitled  to  and  shall  have  received  compensation 
under  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  shall  be  disbanded  without  the 
consent  of  the  President,  nor,  without  such  consent,  shall  the  com- 
missioned or  enlisted  strength  of  any  such  organization  be  reduced 
below    the    minimum    that    shall    be    prescribed    therefor    by  the 
President. 

32.  SEC.  69.  ENLISTMENTS  IN  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD. — Hereafter 
the  period  of  enlistment  in  the  National  Guard  shall  be  the  same  as 
is,  or  may  be,  prescribed  for  the  Regular  Army:  Provided,  That  all 
persons  who  have  served  as  enlisted  men  in  the  Army  of  the  United 
States,  or  the  Organized  Militia  of  the  several  States,  subsequent  to 
April  6,  1917,  and  who  have  been  honorably  discharged  from  such 
service,  may  within  six  months  after  such  discharge  or  within  six 
months  after  the  passage  of  this  Act,  enlist  in  the  National  Guard  for 
a  period  of  one  year  and  may  reenlist  for  like  periods,  and  that  such 
enlistments  shall  not  be  counted  in  computing  the  proportion  author- 
ized to  be  enlisted  for  one  year  to  conform  to  the  period  of  enlistment 
prescribed  for  the  Regular  Army:  Provided  further,  That  enlisted 
men  in  the  National  Guard  of  the  several  States  now  serving  under 
contracts  providing  for  a  six-year  period  of  enlistment — three  yeara 
in  an  active  organization  and  the  remaining  three  years  in  the 
National  Guard  Reserve — shall  be  afforded  an  opportunity  to  enlist 
for  the  periods  specified  above,  and  upon  entering  into  a  new  contract 
of  enlistment  for  a  period  of  three  years  under  this  authority  shall  be 
given  credit  for  the  period  served  under  the  old  enlistment  contract 
and  the  previous  enlistment  shall  in  such  cases  and  with  the  consent 
of  the  enlisted  man  be  canceled.     (Act  of  July  11,  1919.) 

33.  SEC.  70.  FEDERAL  ENLISTMENT  CONTRACT. — Enlisted  men  in 
the  National  Guard  of  the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District 
of  Columbia  now  serving  under  enlistment  contracts  which  contain 
an  obligation  to  defend  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  and  to 
obey  the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  shall  be  recog- 
nized as  members  of  the  National  Guard  under  the  provisions  of  this 
Act  for  the  unexpired  portion  of  their  present  enlistment  contracts. 
When  any  such  enlistment  contract  does  not  contain  such  obligation, 


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the  enlisted  man  shall  not  be  recognized  as  a  member  of  the  National 
Guard  until  he  shall  have  signed  an  enlistment  contract  and  taken 
and  subscribed  to  the  following  oath  of  enlistment,  upon  signing  which 
credit  shall  be  given  for  the  period  already  served  under  the  old 
enlistment  contract:  "I  do  hereby  acknowledge  to  have  voluntarily 

enlisted  this  —  day  of •,  19    ,  as  a  soldier  in  the  National  Guard 

of  the  United  States  and  of  the  State  of ,  for  the  period  of  one 

or  three  years,  under  the  conditions  prescribed  by  law,  unless  sooner 
discharged  by  proper  authority.  And  I  do  solemnly  swear  that  I 
will  bear  true  faith  and  allegiance  to  the  United  States  of  America 

and  to  the  State  of ,  and  that  I  will  serve  them  honestly  and 

faithfully  against  all  their  enemies  whomsoever,  and  that  I  will  obey 
the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  and  the  governor  ®f 
the  State  of ,  and  of  the  officers  appointed  over  me  accord- 
ing to  law  and  the  rules  and  articles  of  war."  (As  amended  by  the 
act  of  July  11,  1919.) 

34.  SEC.  71.  Hereafter  all  men  enlisting  for  service  in  the  National 
Guard  shall  sign  an  enlistment  contract  and  take  and  subscribe 
to  the  oath  prescribed  in  the  preceding  section  of  this  act. 

35.  SEC.  72.  DISCHARGE  OF  ENLISTED  MEN  PROM  THE  NATIONAL 
GUARD. — An  enlisted  man  discharged  from  service  in  the  National 
Guard  shall  receive  a  discharge  in  writing  in  such  form  and  with 
such  classification  as  is  or  shall  be  prescribed  for  the  Regular  Army, 
and  in  time  of  peace  discharges  may  be  given  prior  to  the  expiration 
of   terms   of   enlistment  under  such  regulations   as   the  President 
may  prescribe. 

36.  SEC.  73.  FEDERAL  OATH  FOR  NATIONAL  GUARD  OFFICERS. — 
Commissioned  officers  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  several  States, 
Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  now  serving  under  com- 
missions regularly  issuud  shall  continue  in  office,  as  officers  of  the 
National  Guard,  without  the  issuance  of  new  commissions:  Provided, 
That  said  officers  have  taken,  or  shall  take  and  subscribe  to  the 

following  oath    of  office:  "I,  ,  do  solemnly  swear  that  I  will 

support  and  defend  the  Constitution  of  the  United  States  and  the 

constitution  of  the  State  of  ,  against  all  enemies,  foreign  and 

domestic;  that  I  will  bear  true  faith  and  allegiance  to  the  same; 
that  I  will  obey  the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  United  States 

and  of  the  governor  of  the  State  of ;  that  I  make  this,  obligation 

freely,  without  any  mental  reservation  or  purpose  of  evasion,  and  that 

I  will  well  and  faithfully"  discharge  the  duties  of  the  office  of in 

the  National  Guard  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  State  of  

upon  which  I  am  about  to  enter,  so  help  me  God." 

37.  SEC.  74.  QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  NATIONAL  GUARD  OFFICERS. — 
Persons  hereafter  commissioned  as  officers  of  the  National  Guard 
shall  not  be  recognized  as  such  under  any  of  the  provisions  of  tliis 


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act  unless  they  shall  have  been  selected  from  the  following  classes 
and  shall  have  taken  and  subscribed  to  the  oath  of  office  prescribed 
in  the  preceding  section  of  this  act:  Officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the 
National  Guard;  officers  on  the  reserve  or  unassigned  list  of  the 
National  Guard;  officers,  active  or  retired,  and  former  officers  of  the 
United  States  Army,  Navy,  and  Marine  Corps;  graduates  of  the 
United  States  Military  and  Naval  Academies  and  graduates  of 
schools,  colleges,  and  universities  where  military  science  is  taught 
under  the  supervision  of  an  officer  of  the  Regular  Army,  and,  for  the 
technical  branches  and  staff  corps  or  departments,  such  other  civilians 
as  may  be  especially  qualified  for  duty  therein. 

38.  SEC.  75.  The  provisions  of  this  act  shall  not  apply  to  any 
person  hereafter  appointed  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  unless 
he  first  shall  have  successfully  passed  such  tests  as  to  his  physical, 
moral,    and   professional   fitness   as   the   President   shall   prescribe. 
The  examination  to  determine  such  qualifications  for  commission 
shall  be  conducted  by  a  board  of  three  commissioned  officers  appointed 
by  the  Secretary  of  War  from  the  Regular  Army  or  the  National 
Guard,  or  both. 

39.  SEC.  76.  FILLING  OF  VACANCIES  WHEN  DRAFTED  INTO  FEDERAL 
SERVICE. — All   vacancies   ocurring  in   any   grade   of   commissioned 
officers  in  any  organization  in  the  military  service  of  the  United 
States  and  composed  of  persons  drafted  from  the  National  Guard 
under  the  provision  of  this  act  shall  be  filled  by  the  President,  as  far 
as  practicable,  by  the  appointment  of  persons  similarly  taken  from 
said  guard,  and  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law  for  filling  similar 
vacancies  occurring  in  the  volunteer  forces. 

40.  SEC.  77.  ELIMINATION    AND    DISPOSITION    OF    OFFICERS. — At 
any  time  the  moral  character,  capacity,  and  general  fitness  for  the 
service  of  any  National  Guard  officer  may  be  determined  by  an 
efficiency  board  of  three  commissioned  officers,  senior  in  rank  to  the 
officer  whose  fitness  for  service  shall  be  under  investigation,  and  if 
the  findings  of  such  board  be  unfavorable  to  such  officer  and  be 
approved  by  the  official  authorized  to  appoint  such  an  officer,  he 
shall  be  discharged.     Commissions  of  officers  of  the  National  Guard 
may  be  vacated  upon  resignation,  absence  without  leave  for  three 
months,  upon  the  recommendation  of  an  efficiency  board,  or  pursuant 
to  sentence  of   a  court-martial.     Officers   of  said  guard  rendered 
surplus  by  the  disbandment  of  their  organizations  shall  be  placed 
in  the  National  Guard  Reserve.     Officers  may,  upon  their  own  appli- 
cation, be  placed  in  the  said  reserve. 

41.  SEC.  78.  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD  RESERVE. — Subject  to  such 
rules  and  regulations  as  the  President  may  prescribe,  a  National 
Guard  Reserve  shall  be  organized  in  each  State,  Territory,  and  the 
District  of  Columbia,  and  shall  consist  of  such  organizations,  officers, 

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and  enlisted  men  as  the  President  may  prescribe,  or  members  thereof 
may  be  assigned  as  reserves  to  an  active  organization  of  the  National 
Guard:  Provided,  That  members  of  said  reserve,  when  engaged  in 
field  or  coast-defense  training  with  the  active  National  Guard,  shall 
receive  the  same  Federal  pay  and  allowances  as  enlisted  men  of  like 
grade  on  the  active  list  of  said  guard  when  likewise  engaged:  Pro- 
vided further,  That,  except  as  otherwise  specifically  provided  in  this 
act,  no  commissioned  or  enlisted  reservist  shall  receive  any  pay  or 
allowances  out  of  any  appropriation  made  by  Congress  for  National 
Guard  purposes. 

42.  SEC.  79.  RESERVE  BATTALIONS  FOR  RECRUIT  TRAINING. — 
When  members  of  the  National  Guard  and  the  enlisted  reserve 
thereof  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  shall 
have  been  brought  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  in  time  of 
war,  there  shall  be  immediately  organized,  either  from  such  enlisted 
reserve,  or  from  the  unorganized  militia,  in  such  State,  Territory, 
or  District,  one  reserve  battalion  for  each  regiment  of  Infantry  or 
Cavalry,  or  each  nine  batteries  of  Field  Artillery,  or  each  twelve 
companies  of  Coast  Artillery,  brought  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States,  and  such  reserve  battalion  shall  constitute  the  fourth  bat- 
talion of  any  such  regiment  or  twelve  companies  of  Coast  Artillery. 
Reserve  battalions  shall  consist  of  four  companies  of  such  strength 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  President  of  the  United  States.  When 
the  members  of  three  or  more  regiments  of  the  National  Guard  of 
any  State,  Territory,  or  District  shall  have  been  brought  into  the 
service  of  the  United  States,  the  reserve  battalions  of  such  regiments 
may  be  organized  into  provisional  regiments  and  higher  units.  If 
for  any  reason  there  shall  not  be  enough  voluntary  enlistments  to 
keep  the  reserve  battalions  at  the  prescribed  strength,  a  sufficient 
number  of  the  unorganized  militia  shall  be  drafted  into  the  ser- 
vice of  the  United  States  to  maintain  each  of  such  battalions  at 
the  proper  strength.  As  vacancies  occur  from  death  or  other  causes 
in  any  organization  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  and  composed 
of  men  taken  from  the  National  Guard,  men  shall  be  transferred 
from  the  reserve  battalions  to  the  organizations  in  the  field  so  that 
such  organizations  may  be  maintained  at  war  strength.  Officers 
for  the  reserve  battalions  provided  for  herein  shall  be  drafted  from 
the  National  Guard  Reserve  or  Coast  Artillery  companies  of  the 
National  Guard  or  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  such  officers  to  be 
taken,  if  practicable,  from  the  States,  respectively,  in  which  the  bat- 
talions shall  be  organized.  Officers  and  noncommissioned  officers 
returned  to  their  home  stations  because  of  their  inability  to  perform 
active  field  service  may  be  assigned  to  reserve  battalions  for  duty, 
and  all  soldiers  invalided  home  shall  be  assigned  to  and  carried  on 
the  rolls  of  reserve  battalions  until  returned  to  duty  or  until  discharged. 


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43.  SEC.  80.  LEAVES    OF    ABSENCE    FOR    CERTAIN    GOVERNMENT 
EMPLOYEES. — All  officers  and  employees  of  the  United  States  and 
of  the  District  of  Columbia  who  shall  be  members  of  the  National 
Guard  shall  be  entitled  to  leave  of  absence  from  their  respective 
duties,  without  loss  of  pay,  tune,  or  efficiency  rating,  on  all  days 
during  which  they  shall  be  engaged  in  field  or  coast-defense  training 
ordered  or  authorized  under  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

44.  SEC.  81.  MILITIA  BUREAU  OF  THE  WAR  DEPARTMENT. — The 
National  Militia  Board  created  by  section  eleven  of  the  act  of  May 
twenty-seventh,    nineteen    hundred    and    eight,    amending   section 
twenty  of  the  act  of  January  twenty-first,  nineteen  hundred  and  three, 
shall,  from  the  date  of  the  approval  of  this  act,  be  abolished.     The 
Militia  Division  now  existing  in  the  War  Department  shall  hereafter 
be  known  as  the  Militia  Bureau  of  said  department,  shall,  like  other 
bureaus  of  said  department,  be  under  the  immediate  supervision  of 
the  Secretary  of  War,  and  shall  not  form  a  part  of  any  other  bureau, 
office,  or  other  organization,  but  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  shall 
be  ex  officio  a  member  of  the  General  Staff  Corps:  Provided,  That 
the  President  may,  in  his  discretion,  assign  to  duty  in  the  Militia 
Bureau  as  assistants  to  the  chief  thereof  not  to  exceed  one  colonel 
and  one  lieutenant  colonel  of  the  National  Guard,  for  terms  of  four 
years,  and  any  such  officer  while  so  assigned  shall,  subject  to  such 
regulations  as  the  President  may  prescribe,  receive  out  of  the  whole 
fund  appropriated  for  the  support  of  the  militia  the  pay  and  allowances 
of  a  Regular  Army  officer  having  the  same  rank  and  length  of  service 
as  said  National  Guard  officer,  whose  prior  service  in  the  Organized 
Militia  shall  be  counted  in  ascertaining  his  rights  under  this  proviso. 

45.  SEC.  82.  ARMAMENT,  EQUIPMENT,  AND  UNIFORM  OF  THE  NA- 
TIONAL GUARD. — The  National  Guard  of  the  United  States  shall,  as  far 
as  practicable,  be  uniformed,  armed,  and  equipped  with  the  same  type 
of  uniforms,  arms,  and  equipments  as  are  or  shall  be  provided  for  the 
Regular  Army. 

46.  SEC.  83.  The  Secretary  of  War  is  hereby  authorized  to  procure, 
under  such  regulations  as  the   President   may  prescribe,  by  pur- 
chase or  manufacture,  within  the  limits  of  available  appropriations 
made  by  Congress,  and  to  issue  from  time  to  time  to  the  National 
Guard,  upon  requisition  of  the  governors  of  the  several  States  and 
Territories  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  National  Guard  of  the 
District  of  Columbia,  such  number  of  United  States  service  arms,  with 
all  accessories,  field  artillery  materiel,  engineer,  coast  artillery,  signal, 
and  sanitary  materiel,  accouterments,  field  uniforms,  clothing,  equip- 
age, publications,  and  military  stores  of  all  kinds,  including  public  ani- 
mals, as  are  necessary  to  arm,  uniform,  and  equip  for  field  service  the 
National  Guard  in  the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of 
Columbia:  Provided,  That  as  a  condition  precedent  to  the  issue  of  any 


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property  as  provided  for  by  this  act,  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  desiring  such  issue  shall  make  adequate  provision, 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  for  the  protection  and  care 
of  such  property:  Provided  further,  That,  whenever  it  shall  be  shown 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Secretary  of  War  that  the  National  Guard 
of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  is  properly 
organized,  armed,  and  equipped  for  field  service,  funds  allotted  to  that 
State,  Territory,  or  District  for  the  support  of  its  National  Guard  may 
be  used  for  the  purchase,  from  the  War  Department,  of  any  article 
issued  by  any  of  the  supply  departments  of  the  Army. 

47.  SEC.  84.  Under  such  regulations  as  the  President  may  pre- 
scribe, whenever  a  new  type  of  equipment,  small  arm,  or  field  gun 
shall  have  been  issued  to  the  National  Guard  of  the  several  States, 
Territories,   and  the  District  of  Columbia,  such  equipment,  small 
arms,  and  field  guns,  including  all  accessories,  shall  be  furnished 
without  charging  the  cost  or  value  thereof  or  any  expense  connected 
therewith  against  the  appropriations  provided  for  the  support  of  the 
National  Guard. 

48.  SEC.  85.  Each  State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
shall,  on  the  receipt  of  new  property  issued  to  replace  obsolete  or 
condemned  prior  issues,  turn  in  to  the  War  Department  or  other- 
wise dispose  of,  in  accordance  with  the  directions  of  the  Secretary 
of  War,  all  property  so  replaced  or  condemned,  and  shall  not  receive 
any  money  credit  therefor. 

49.  SEC.  86.  Any  State,  Territory,   or  the  District  of  Columbia 
may,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  purchase  for  cash 
from  the  War  Department  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard,  includ- 
ing the  officers  thereof,  any  stores,  supplies,  material  of  war,  and 
military  publications  furnished  to  the  Army,  in  addition  to  those 
issued  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  at  the  price  at  which  they 
shall  be  listed  to  the  Army,  with  cost  of  transportation  added.     The 
funds  received  from  such  sale  shall  be  credited  to  the  appropriation 
to  which  they  shall  belong,  shall  not  be  covered  into  the  Treasury, 
and  shall  be  available  until  expended  to  replace  therewith  the  supplies 
sold  to  the  States  in  the  manner  herein  authorized:  Provided,  That 
stores,  supplies,  and  materiel  of  war  so  purchased  by  a  State,  Terri- 
tory, or  the  District  of  Columbia  may,  in  time  of  actual  or  threatened 
war,  be  requisitioned  by  the  United  States  for  use  in  the  military 
service  thereof,  and  when  so  requisitioned  by  the  United  States  and 
delivered  credit  for  the  ultimate  return  of  such  property  in  kind  shall 
be  allowed  to  such  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

50.  SEC.  87.  DISPOSITION  AND  REPLACEMENT  OF  DAMAGED  PROP- 
ERTY, AND  so  FORTH. — All  military  property  issued  to  the  National 
Guard  as  herein  provided  shall  remain  the  property  of  the  United 
States.     Whenever  any  such  property  issued  to  the  National  Guard 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  21 

in  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  shall  have  been 
lost,  damaged,  or  destroyed,  or  become  unserviceable  or  unsuitable 
by  use  in  service  or  from  any  other  cause,  it  shall  be  examined  by  a 
disinterested  surveying  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  or  the  National 
Guard,  detailed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  the  report  of  such  sur- 
veying officer  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  or  to  such 
officer  as  he  shall  designate  to  receive  such  reports;  and  if  it  shall 
appear  to  the  Secretary  of  War  from  the  record  of  survey  that  the 
property  was  lost,  damaged,  or  destroyed  through  unavoidable  causes, 
he  is  hereby  authorized  to  relieve  the  State  or  Territory  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  from  further  accountability  therefor.  If  it  shall 
appear  that  the  loss,  damage,  or  destruction  of  property  was  due  to 
carelessness  or  neglect,  or  that  its  loss,  damage,  or  destruction  could 
have  been  avoided  by  the  exercise  of  reasonable  care,  the  money 
value  of  such  property  shall  be  charged  to  the  accountable  Stater 
Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,  to  be  paid  from  State,  Territory, 
or  District  funds,  or  any  funds  other  than  Federal.  If  the  articles 
so  surveyed  are  found  to  be  unserviceable  or  unsuitable,  the  Secretary 
of  War  shall  direct  what  disposition,  by  sale  or  otherwise,  shall  be 
made  of  them;  and  if  sold,  the  proceeds  of  such  sale,  as  well  as  stop- 
pages against  officers  and  enlisted  men,  and  the  net  proceeds  of  col- 
lections made  from  any  person  or  from  any  State,  Territory,  or  Dis- 
trict to  reimburse  the  Government  for  the  loss,  damage,  or  destruc- 
tion of  any  property,  shall  be  deposited  in  the  Treasury  of  the  United 
States  as  a  credit  to  said  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
accountable  for  said  property,  and  as  a  part  of  and  in  addition  to 
that  portion  of  its  allotment  set  aside  for  the  purchase  of  similar  sup- 
plies, stores,  or  material  of  war:  Provided  further,  That  if  any  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  pay, 
or  to  cause  to  be  paid,  the  money  equivalent  of  any  loss,  damage, 
or  destruction  of  property  charged  against  such  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia  by  the  Secretary  of  War  after  survey  by  a 
disinterested  officer  appointed  as  hereinbefore  provided,  the  Secretary 
of  War  is  hereby  authorized  to  debar  such  State,  Territory,  or  the 
District  of  Columbia  from  further  participation  in  any  and  all  appro- 
priations for  the  National  Guard  until  such  payment  shall  have  been 
made. 

51.  SEC.  88.  The  net  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  condemned  stores  issued 
to  the  National  Guard  and  not  charged  to  State  allotments  shall  be 
covered  in^o  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States,  as  shall  also  stoppages 
against  officers  and  enlisted  men,  and  the  net  proceeds  of  collections 
made  from  any  person  to  reimburse  the  Government  for  the  loss, 
damage,  or  destruction  of  said  property  not  charged  against  the 
State  allotment  issued  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard. 


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52.  SEC.  89.  HORSES    FOR   CAVALRY  AND    FIELD   ARTILLERY    OF 
NATIONAL  GUARD. — Funds  alloted  by  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the 
support  of  the  National  Guard  shall  be  available  for  the  purchase, 
under  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe,  of 
horses  conforming  to  the  Regular  Army  standards  for  the  use  of  Field 
Artillery  and  Cavalry  of  the  National  Guard,  said  horses  to  remain 
the  property  of  the  United  States  and  to  be  used  solely  for  military 
purposes. 

Horses  so  purchased  may  be  issued  not  to  exceed  thirty-two  to  any 
one  battery  or  troop,  under  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  War 
may  prescribe;  and  the  Secretary  of  War  is  further  authorized  to 
issue,  in  lieu  of  purchase,  for  the  use  of  such  organizations,  condemned 
Army  horses  which  are  no  longer  fit  for  service,  but  which  may  be 
suitable  for  the  purposes  of  insti notion,  such  horses  to  be  sold  as  now 
provided  by  law  when  said  purposes  shall  have  been  served. 

53.  SEC.  90.  Funds  allotted  by  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  support 
of  the  National  Guard  shall  be  available  for  the  purchase  and  issue 
of  forage,  bedding,  shoeing,  and  veterinary  services,  and  supplies  for 
the  Government  horses  issued  to  any  battery  or  troop,  and  for  the 
compensation  of  competent  help  for  the  care  of  the  material,  animals, 
and  equipment  thereof,  under  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of 
War  may  prescribe:  Provided,  That  the  men  to  be  compensated,  not 
to  exceed  five  for  each  battery  or  troop,  shall  be  duly  enlisted  therein 
and  shall  be  detailed  by  the  battery  or  troop  commander,  under  such 
regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe,  and  shall  be  paid 
by  the  United  States  disbursing  officer  in  each  State,  Territory,  and 
the  District  of  Columbia. 

54.  SEC.  91.  DISCIPLINE    TO    CONFORM    TO    THAT    OF    REGULAR 
ARMY. — The   discipline    (which  includes   training)    of  the  National 
Guard  shall  conform  to  the  system  which  is  now  or  .may  hereafter  be 
prescribed  for  the  Regular  Army,  and  the  training  shall  be  carried 
out  by  the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
so  as  to  conform  to  the  provisions  of  this  act. 

55.  SEC.  92.  TRAINING  OF  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD. — Each  company, 
troop,  battery,  and  detachment  in  the  National  Guard  shall  assemble 
for  drill  and  instruction,  including  indoor  target  practice,  not  less 
than  forty-eight  times  each  year,  and  shall,  in  addition  thereto,  par- 
ticipate in  encampments,  maneuvers,  or  other  exercises,  including 
outdoor  target  practice,  at  least  fifteen  days  in  training  each  year, 
including  target  practice,  unless  such  company,  troop,  battery,  or 
detachment  shall  have  been  excused  from  participation  in  any  part 
thereof  by  the  Secretary  of  War:  Provided,  That  credit  for  an  assem- 
bly for  drill  or  for  indoor  target  practice  shall  not  be  given  unless  the 
number  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  present  for  duty  at  such  assembly 
shall  equal  or  exceed  a  minimum  to  be  prescribed  by  the  President, 


NATIONAL  GUAED  REGULATIONS.  23 

nor  unless  tfee  period  of  actual  military  duty  and  instruction  partici- 
pated in  by  each  officer  and  enlisted  man  at  each  such  assembly  at 
which  he  shall  be  credited  as  having  been  present  shall  be  of  at  least 
one  and  one-half  hours'  duration  and  the  character  of  training  such 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

56.  SEC.  93.  INSPECTIONS  OF  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD. — The  Secre- 
tary of  War  shall  cause  an  inspection  to  be  made  at  least  once  each 
year  by  inspectors  general,  and  if  necessary  by  other  officers,  of  the 
Regular  Army,  detailed  by  him  for  that  purpose,  to  determine  whether 
the   amount   and   condition  of   the  property  in  the   hands  of  the 
National    Guard    is    satisfactory;     whether    the     National    Guard 
is  organized   as  hereinbefore  prescribed;  whether  the  officers  and 
enlisted    men   possess   the   physical    and    other   qualifications   pre- 
scribed; whether  the  organization  and  the  officers  and  enlisted  men 
thereof    are    sufficiently    armed,    uniformed,    equipped,    and    being 
trained  and  instructed  for  active  duty  in  the  field  or  coast  defense, 
and  whether  the  records  are  being  kept  in  accordance  with  the  re- 
quirements of  this  act.     The  reports  of  such  inspections  shall  serve  as 
the  basis  for  deciding  as  to  the  issue  to  and  retention  by  the  National 
Guard  of  the  military  property  provided  for  by  this  act,  and  for 
determining  what  organizations  and  individuals  shall  be  considered 
as  constituting  parts  of  the  National  Guard  within  the  meaning  of 
this  act. 

57.  SEC.  94.  ENCAMPMENTS  AND  MANEUVERS. — Under  such  regu- 
lations as  the  President  may  prescribe  the  Secretary  of  War  is  author- 
ized to  provide  for  the  participation  of  the  whole  or  any  part  of  the 
National  Guard   in   encampments,   maneuvers,   or  other   exercises, 
including  outdoor  target  practice,  for  field  or  coast-defense  instruc- 
tion, either  independently  or  in  conjunction  with  any  part  of  the 
Regular  Army,  and  there  may  be  set  aside  from  the  funds  appropri- 
ated for  that  purpose  and  allotted  to  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  such  portion  of  said  funds  as  may  be  necessary  for 
the  payment,  subsistence,  transportation,  and  other  proper  expenses 
of  such  portion  of  the  National  Guard  of  such  S^ate,  Territory,  or  the 
District  of  Columbia  as  shall  participate  in  such  encampments,  ma- 
neuvers, or  other  exercises,  including  outdoor  target  practice,  for 
field  and  coast-defense  instruction;  and  the  officers  and  enlisted  men 
of  such  National  Guard  while  so  engaged  shall  be  entitled  to  the  same 
pay,  subsistence,  and  transportation  as  officers  and  enlisted  men  of 
corresponding  grades  of  the  Regular  Army  are  or  hereafter  may  be 
entitled  by  law. 

58.  SEC.  95.  When  any  part  of  the  National  Guard  participates  in 
encampments,  maneuvers,  or  other  exercises,  including  outdoor  target 
practice,  for  field  or  coast-defense  instruction  at  a  United  States 
military  post,  or  reservation,  or  elsewhere,  if  in  conjunction  with 


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troops  of  the  United  States,  the  command  of  such  military  post  or 
reservation  and  of  the  officers  and  troops  of  the  United  States  on 
duty  there  or  elsewhere  shall  remain  with  the  commander  of  the 
United  States  troops  without  regard  to  the  rank  of  the  commanding 
or  other  officer  of  the  National  Guard  temporarily  engaged  in  the 
encampments,  maneuvers,  or  other  exercises. 

59.  SEC.  96.  USE  OF  REGULAR  ARMY  PERSONNEL. — The  Secretary 
of  War  may  detail  one  or  more  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Regu- 
lar Army  to  attend  any  encampment,  maneuver,  or  other  exercise 
for  field  or  coast-defense  instruction  of  the  National  Guard,  who  shall 
give  such  instruction  and  information  to  the  officers  and  me»i  assem- 
bled for  such  encampment,  maneuver,  or  other  exercise  as  may  be 
directed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  or  requested  by  the  governor  or 
by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  National  Guard  there  on  duty. 

60.  SEC.  97.  Under  such  regulations  as  the  President  may  pre- 
scribe the  Secretary  of  War  may  provide  camps  for  the  instruction 
of  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard.     Such  camps 
shall  be  conducted  by  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  detailed  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  for  that  purpose,  and  may  be  located  either  within 
or  without  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  to  which  the 
membeis  of  the  National  Guard  designated  to  attend  said  camps  shall 
belong.     Officers  and  enlisted  men  attending  such  camps  shall  be 
entitled  to  pay  and  transportation,  and  enlisted  men  to  subsistence 
in  addition,  at  the  same  rates  as  for  encampments  or  maneuvers  for 
field  or  coast-defense  instruction. 

61.  SEC.  98.  When  any  portion  of  the  National  Guard  shall  par- 
ticipate in  encampments,  maneuvers,  or  other  exercises,  including 
outdoor  target  practice,  for  field  or  coast-defense  instruction,  under 
the  provisions  of  this  Act,  it  may,  after  being  duly  mustered,  be  paid 
at  any  time  after  such  muster  for  the  period  from  the  date  of  leaving 
the  home  rendezvous  to  date  of  return  thereto  as  determined  in 
advance,  both  dates  inclusive;  and  such  payment,  if  otherwise  cor- 
rect, shall  pass  to  the  credit  of  the  disbursing  officer  making  the  same. 

62.  SEC.   99.  NATIONAL  GUARD  OFFICERS  AND  MEN  AT   SERVICE 
SCHOOLS,  AND  so  FORTH. — Under  such  regulations  as  the  President 
may  prescribe,  the  Secretary  of  War  may,  upon  the  recommendation 
of  the  governor  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  the  commanding  general 
of  the  National  Guard  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  authorize  a  lim- 
ited number  of  selected  officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard 
to  attend  and  pursue  a  regular  course  of  study  at  any  military  service 
school  of  the  United  States,  except  the  United  States  Military  Acade- 
my; or  to  be  attached  to  an  organization  of  the  same  arm,  corps,  or 
department  to  which  such  officer  or  enlisted  man  shall  belong,  for 
routine  practical  instruction  at  or  near  an  Army  post  during  a  period 
of  field  training  or  other  outdoor  exercises;  and  such  officer  or  en- 


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listed  man  shall  receive,  out  of  any  National  Guard  allotment  of 
funds  available  for  the  purpose,  the  same  travel  allowances  and 
quarters,  or  commutation  of  quarters,  and  the  same  pay,  allowances, 
and  subsistence  to  which  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  of  the  Regular 
Army  would  be  entitled  for  attending  such  school,  college,  or  prac- 
tical course  of  instruction  under  orders  from  proper  military  au- 
thority, while  in  actual  attendance  at  such  school,  college,  or  prac- 
tical course  of  instruction:  Provided,  That  in  no  case  shall  the  pay 
and  allowances  authorized  by  this  section  exceed  those  of  a  captain. 

63.  SEC.  100.  DETAIL  OF  OFFICERS  OF  REGULAR  ARMY  TO  DUTY 
WITH  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD. — The  Secretary  of  War  shall  detail 
officers  of  the  active  list  of  the  Army  to  duty  with  the  National  Guard 
in  each  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,   and  officers  so 
detailed  may  accept  commissions  in  the  National  Guard,  with  the 
permission  of  the  President  and  terminable  in  his  discretion,  without 
vacating  their  commissions  in  the  Regular  Army  or  being  prejudiced 
in  their  relative  or  lineal  standing  therein.     The  Secretary  of  War 
may,  upon  like  application,  detail  one  or  more  enlisted  men  of  the 
Regular  Army  with  each  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia 
for  duty  in  connection  with  the  National  Guard.     But  nothing  in  this 
section  shall  be  so  construed  as  to  prevent  the  detail  of  retired  officers 
as  now  provided  by  law. 

64.  SEC.  101.  NATIONAL  GUARD,  WHEN  SUBJECT  TO  LAWS  GOVERN- 
ING REGULAR  ARMY. — The  National  Guard  when  called  as  such  into 
the  service  of  the  United  States  shall,  from  the  time  they  are  required 
by  the  terms  of  the  call  to  respond  thereto,  be  subject  to  the  laws  and 
regulations  governing  the  Regular  Army,  so  far  as  such  laws  and 
regulations  are  applicable  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  whose  per- 
manent retention  in  the  military  service,  either  on  the  active  list  or 
on  the  retired  list,  is  not  contemplated  by  existing  law. 

65.  SEC.  102.  SYSTEM  OF  COURTS-MARTIAL  FOR  NATIONAL  GUARD. — 
Except  in  organizations  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  courts- 
martial  in  the  National  Guard  shall  be  of  three  kinds,  namely,  general 
courts-martial,  special  courts-martial,  and  summary  courts-martial. 
They  shall  be  constituted  like,  and  have  cognizance  of  the  same  sub- 
jects, and  possess  like  powers,  except  as  to  punishments,  as  similar 
courts  provided  for  by  the  laws  and  regulations  governing  the  Army 
of  the  United  States,  and  the  proceedings  of  courts-martial  of  the 
National  Guard  shall  follow  the  forms  and  modes  of  procedure  pre- 
scribed for  said  similar  courts. 

66.  SEC.  103.  General  courts-martial  of  the  National  Guard  not 
in  the  service  of  the  United  States  may  be  convened  by  orders  of  the 
President,  or  of  the  governors  of  the  respective  States  and  Territories, 
or  by  the  commanding  general  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  District 
of  Columbia,  and  such  courts  shall  have  the  power  to  impose  fines  not 


26  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

exceeding  $200;  to  sentence  to  forfeiture  of  pay  and  allowances;  to  a 
reprimand;  to  dismissal  or  dishonorable  discharge  from  the  service; 
to  reduction  of  noncommissioned  officers  to  the  ranks ;  or  any  two  or 
more  of  such  punishments  may  be  combined  in  the  sentences  imposed 
by  such  courts. 

67.  SEC.  104.  In  the  National  Guard,  not  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  the  commanding  officer  of  each  garrison,  fort,  post, 
camp,  or  other  place,  brigade,  regiment,  detached  battalion,  or  other 
detached  command,  may  appoint  special  courts-martial  for  his  com- 
mand; but  such  special  courts-martial  may  in  any  case  be  appointed 
by  superior  authority  wl^en  by  the  latter  deemed  desirable.     Special 
courts-martial  shall  have  power  to  try  any  person  subject  to  military 
law,  except  a  commissioned  officer,  for  any  crime  or  offense  made 
punishable  by  the  military  laws  of  the  United  States,  and  such  special 
courts-martial  shall  have  the  same  powers  of  punishment  as  do 
general  courts-martial,  except  that  fines  imposed  by  such  courts 
shall  not  exceed  $100. 

68.  SEC.  105.  In  the  National  Guard,  not  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  the  commanding  officer  of  each  garrison,  fort,   post, 
or  other  place,  regiment  or  corps,  detached  battalion,  company,  or 
other  detachment  of  the  National  Guard  may  appoint  for  such  place 
or  command  a  summary  court  to  consist  of  one  officer,  who  shall 
have  power  to  administer  oaths  and  to  try  the  enlisted  men  of  such 
place  or  command  for  breaches  of  discipline  and  violations  of  laws 
governing  such  organizations;  and  said  court,  when  satisfied  of  the 
guilt  of  such  soldier,  may  impose  fines  not  exceeding  $25  for  any 
single  offense ;  may  sentence  noncommissioned  officer  to  reduction  to 
the  ranks;  may  sentence  to  forfeiture  of  pay  and  allowances.     The 
proceedings  of  such  court  shall  be  informal,  and  the  minutes  thereof 
shall  be  the  same  as  prescribed  for  summary  courts  of  the  Army  of 
the  United  States. 

69.  SEC.  106.  All  courts-martial  of  the  National  Guard  not  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States,  including  summary  courts,  shall  have 
power  to  sentence  to  confinement  in  lieu  of  fines  authorized  to  be  im- 
posed :  Provided,  That  such  sentences  of  confinement  shall  not  exceed 
one  day  for  each  dollar  of  fine  authorized. 

70.  SEC.  107.  No  sentence  of  dismissal  from  the  service  or  dishon- 
orable discharge,  imposed  by  a  National  Guard  court-martial,  not  in 
the  service  of  the  United  States,  shall  be  executed  until  approved  by 
the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory  concerned  or  by  the  command- 
ing general  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 

71.  SEC.  108.  In  the  National  Guard,  not  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States,  presidents  of  courts-martial  and  summary  court  officers 
shall  have  power  to  issue  warrants  to  arrest   accused  persons  and  to 
bring  them  before  the  court  for  trial  whenever  such  persons  shall  have 


NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS.  27 

disobeyed  an  order  in  writing  from  the  convening  authority  to  appear 
before  such  court,  a  copy  of  the  charge  or  charges  having  been  delivered 
to  the  accused  with  such  order,  and  to  issue  subpoenas  and  subpoenas 
duces  tecum  and  to  enforce  by  attachment  attendance  of  witnesses 
and  the  production  of  books  and  papers,  and  to  sentence  for  a  refusal 
to  be  sworn  or  to  answer  as  provided  in  actions  before  civil  courts. 

All  processes  and  sentences  of  said  courts  shall  be  executed  by  such 
civil  officers  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  laws  of  the  several  States 
and  Territories,  and  in  any  State  where  no  provision  shall  have  been 
made  for  such  action,  and  in  the  Territories  and  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia,- such  processes  and  sentences  shall  be  executed  by  a  United  States 
marshal  or  his  duly  appointed  deputy,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  any 
United  States  marshal  to  execute  all  such  processes  and  sentences  and 
make  return  thereof  to  the  officer  issuing  or  imposing  the  same. 

72.  SEC.  109.  PAY  FOR  NATIONAL  GUARD  OFFICERS. — Certain  com- 
missioned officers  on  the  active  list  belonging  to  organizations  of  the 
National  Guard  of  each  State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
participating  in  the  apportionment  of  the  annual  appropriation  for 
the  support  of  the  National  Guard  shall  receive  compensation  for  their 
services,  except  during  periods  of  service  for  which  they  may  become 
lawfully  entitled  to  the  same  pay  as  officers  of  corresponding  grades  of 
the  Regular  Army,  as  follows,  not  to  include  longevity  pay:  A  captain 
$500  per  year,  and  the  same  pay  shall  be  paid  to  every  officer  of  higher 
rank  than  that  of  captain,  a  first  lieutenant  $240  per  year,  and  a  second 
lieutenant  $200  per  year.     Regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  shaU  determine  the  amount  and  character  of  service  that 
must  be  rendered  by  officers  to  entitle  them  to  the  whole  or  specific 
parts  of  the  maximum  pay  hereinbefore  authorized :  Provided,  That  all 
staff  officers,  aids-de-camp,  and  chaplains  shall  receive  not  to  exceed 
one-half  of  the  pay  of  a  captain,  except  that  regimental  adjutants, 
and  majors  and  captains  in  command  of  machine-gun  companies, 
ambulance  companies,  field  hospital  companies,  or  sanitary  troops 
shall  receive  the  pay  hereinbefore  authorized  for  a  captain. 

73.  SEC.  110.  PAT  FOR  NATIONAL  GUARD  ENLISTED    MEN. — Each 
enlisted  man  on  the  active  list  belonging  to  an  organization  of  the 
National  Guard  of  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
participating  in  the  apportionment  of  the  annual  appropriation  for 
the  support  of  the  National  Guard,  shall  receive  compensation  for  his 
services,  except  during  periods  of  service  for  which  he  may  become 
lawfully  entitled  to  the  same  pay  as  an  enlisted  man  of  corresponding 
grade  in  the  Regular  Army,  at  a  rate  equal  to  twenty-five  per  centum 
of  the  initial  pay  now  provided  by  law  for  enlisted  men  of  corre- 
sponding grades  of  the  Regular  Army:  Provided,  That  such  enlisted 
man  shall  receive  the  compensation  herein  provided  if  he  shall  have 
attended  not  less  than  forty-eight  regular  drills  during  any  one  year, 


28  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

and  a  proportionate  amount  for  attendance  upon  a  lesser  number  of 
such  drills,  not  less  than  twenty-four;  and  no  such  enlisted  man  shall 
receive  any  part  of  said  compensation  except  as  authorized  by  this 
proviso  and  the  three  provisos  next  following:  Provided  further,  That 
the  compensation  provided  herein  shall  be  computed  for  semiannual 
periods,  beginning  the  first  day  of  January  and  the  first  day  of  July  of 
each  year,  in  proportion  to  the  number  of  drills  attended;  and  no 
compensation  shall  be  paid  to  any  enlisted  man  for  the  first  semi- 
annual period  of  any  year  unless  he  shall  have  attended  during  said 
period  at  least  twenty-four  drills,  but  any  lesser  number  of  drills 
attended  during  said  period  shall  be  reckoned  witlnthe  drills  attended 
during  the  second  semiannual  period  in  computing  the  compensation, 
if  any,  due  him  for  that  year:  Pro vided  further,  That  when  any  man 
enters  into  an  enlistment  other  than  an  immediate  reenlistmei^t  he 
shall  be  entitled  to  proportional  compensation  for  thq^  year  if  during 
the  remainder  of  the  j-ear  he  shall  attend  a  number  of  drills  whose 
ratio  to  twenty-four  is  not  less  than  the  ratio  of  the  part  of  the  year 
so  served  to  the  whole  year;  and  when  any  man's  enlistment  shall 
expire  the  compensation,  if  any,  to  which  he  may  be  entitled  shall  be 
determined  in  like  manner:  Provided  further,  That  periods  of  any 
actual  military  duty  equivalent  to  the  drills  herein  prescribed  (except 
those  periods  of  service  for  which  members  of  the  National  Guard 
may  become  lawfully  entitled  to  the  same  pay  as  officers  and  enlisted 
men  of  the  corresponding  grades  in  the  Regular  Army)  may  be  ac- 
cepted as  service  in  lieu  of  such  drills  when  so  provided  by  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

All  amounts  appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  this  and  the  last 
preceding  section  shall  be  disbursed  and  accounted  for  by  the  officers 
and  agents  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  of  the  Army,  and  all  dis- 
bursements under  the  foregoing  provisions  of  this  section  shall  be 
made  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  thirty-first  day  of  December 
and  the  thirtieth  day  of  June  of  each  year  upon  pay  rolls  prepared  and 
authenticated  in  the  manner  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of 
War:  Provided,  That  stoppages  may  be  made  against  the  compen- 
sation payable  to  any  officer  or  enlisted  man  hereunder  to  cover  the 
cost  of  public  property  lost  or  destroyed  by  and  chargeable  to  such 
officer  or  enlisted  man. 

Except  as  otherwise  specifically  provided  herein,  no  money  appro- 
priated under  the  provisions  of  this  or  the  last  preceding  section  shall 
be  paid  to  any  person  not  on  the  active  list,  nor  to  any  person  over 
sixty-four  }^ears  of  age,  nor  to  any  person  who  shall  fail  to  qualify  as 
to  fitness  for  military  service  under  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary 
of  War  shall  prescribe,  nor  to  any  State,  Territory,  or  District,  or 
officer  or  enlisted  man  in  the  National  Guard  thereof,  unless  and  until 
such  State,  Territory,  or  District  provides  by  law  that  staff  officers, 


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including  officers  of  the  Pay,  Inspection,  Subsistence,  and  Medical 
Departments,  hereafter  appointed  shall  have  had  previous  military 
experience  and  shall  hold  their  positions  until  they  shall  have  reached 
the  age  of  sixty-four  years,  unless  retired  prior  to  that  time  by  reason 
of  resignation,  disability,  or  for  cause  to  be  determined  by  a  court- 
martial  legally  convened  for  that  purpose,  and  that  vacancies  among 
said  officers  shall  be  filled  by  appointment  from  the  officers  of  the 
militia  of  such  State,  Territory,  or  District:  Provided  further,  That 
the  preceding  proviso  shall  not  apply  to  any  State,  Territory,  or  Dis- 
trict until  sixty  days  next  after  the  adjournment  of  the  next  session 
of  its  legislature  held  after  the  approval  of  this  act. 

74.  SEC.  111.  NATIONAL  GUAED  WHEN  DRAFTED  INTO  FEDERAL 
SERVICE. — When   Congress   shall  have   authorized   the   use   of   the 
arm^d  land  forces  of  the  United  States,  for  any  purpose  requiring 
the  use  of  troops  in  excess  of  those  of  the  Regular  Army,  the  President 
may,  under  such  regulations,  including  such  physical  examination, 
as  he  may  prescribe,  draft  into  the  military  service  of  the  United 
States,  'to  serve  therein  for  the  period  of  the  war  unless  sooner  dis- 
charged,  any  or  all  members  of  the  National  Guard  and  of  the 
National  Guard  Reserve.     All  persons  so  drafted  shall,  from  the 
date  of  their  draft,  stand  discharged  from  the  militia,   and  shall 
from  said  date  be  subject  to  such  laws  and  regulations  for  the 
government  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States  as  may  be  applicable 
to  members  of  the  Volunteer  Army,  and  shall  be  embodied  in  organ- 
izations corresponding  as  far  as  practicable  to  those  of  the  Regular 
Army  or  shall  be  otherwise  assigned  as  the  President  may  direct. 
The  commissioned  officers  of  said  organizations  shall  be  appointed 
from  among  the  members  thereof,  officers  with  rank  not  above  that 
of  colonel  to  be  appointed  by  the  President  alone,  and  all  other 
officers  to  be  appointed  by  the  President  by  and  with  the  advice 
and  consent  of  the  Senate.     Officers  and  enlisted  men  in  the  service 
of  the  United  States  under  the  terms  of  this  section  shall  have  the 
same  pay  and  allowances  as  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular 
Army  of  the  same  grades  and  the  same  prior  service. 

75.  SEC.  112.  RIGHTS  TO  PENSIONS. — When  any  officer  or  enlisted 
man  of  the  National  Guard  drafted  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States  in  time  of  war  is  disabled  by  reason  of  wounds  or  disability 
received  or  incurred  while  in  the  active  service  of  the  United  States 
in  time  of  war,  he  shall  be  entitled  to  all  the  benefits  of  the  pension 
laws  existing  at  the  time  of  his  service,  and  in  case  such  officer  or 
enlisted  man  dies  in  the  active  service  of  the  United  States  in  time 
of  war  or  in  returning  to  his  place  of  residence  after  being  mustered 
out  of  such  service,  or  at  any  other  time  in  consequence  of  wounds 
or  disabilities  received  in  such  active  service,  his  widow  and  children, 
if  any,  shall  be  entitled  to  all  the  benefits  of  such  pension  laws. 


30  NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS. 

76.  SEC.    113.  ENCOURAGEMENT  OF  RIFLE  PRACTICE. — The  Secre- 
tary of  War  shall  annually  submit  to  Congress    recommendations 
and  estimates  for  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  indoor  and 
outdoor  rifle  ranges,  under  such  a  comprehensive  plan  as  will  ulti- 
mately result  in  providing  adequate  facilities  for  rifle  practice  in  all 
sections  of  the  country.     And  that  all  ranges  so  established  and  all 
ranges  which  may  have  already  been  constructed,   in  whole   or  in 
part,  with  funds  provided  by  Congress  shall  be  open  for  use  by  those 
in  any  branch  of  the  military  or  naval  service  of  the  United  States 
and  by  all  able-bodied  males  capable  of  bearing  arms,  under  reason- 
able regulations  to  be  prescribed  by  the  controlling  authorities  and 
approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War.     That  the  President  may  detail 
capable  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  Regular  Army 
and  National  Guard  to  duty  at  such  ranges  as  instructors  for  the 
purpose  of  training  the  citizenry  in  the  use  of  the  military  arm. 
Where  rifle  ranges  shall  have  been  so  established  and  instructors 
assigned  to  duty  thereat,  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  be  authorized 
to  provide  for  the  issue  of  a  reasonable  number  of  standard  military 
rifles  and  such  quantities  of  ammunition  as  may  be  available  for 
use  in  conducting  such  rifle  practice. 

77.  SEC.  114.   TEMPORARY   VACANCIES   IN   REGULAR  ARMY  DUE 
TO  DETAILS  TO  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD. — In  time  of  war  the  tempo- 
rary vacancies  created  in  any  grade  not  above  that  of  colonel  among 
the  commissioned  personnel  of  any  arm,  staff  corps,  or  department 
of  the  Regular  Army,  through  appointments  of  officers  thereof  to 
higher  rank  in  organizations  composed  of  members  taken  from  the 
National  Guard,  shall  be  filled  by  temporary  promotions  according 
to  seniority  in  rank  from  officers  holding  commissions  in  the  next 
lower  grade  hi  said  arm,  staff  corps,  or  department,  and  all  vacancies 
created  in  any  grade  by  such  temporary  promotions  shall  be  in  like 
manner  filled  from,   and  thus  create  temporary  vacancies  in,  the 
next  lower  grade,  and  the  vacancies  that  shall  remain  thereafter  in 
said  arm,  staff  corps,  or  department  and   that  can  not  be  filled  by 
temporary  promotions,  as  prescribed  in  this  section,  may  be  filled 
by  the  temporary  appointment  of  officers  of  such  number  and  grade 
or  grades  as  shall  maintain  said  arm,  corps,  or  department  at  the 
full  commissioned  strength  authorized  by  law:  Provided,  That  in 
the  staff  corps  and  departments  subject  to  the  provisions  of  sections 
twenty-six  and  twenty-seven  of  the  act  of  February  second,  nineteen 
hundred  and  one,  and  acts  amendatory  thereof,  temporary  vacancies 
that  can  not  be  filled  by  temporary  promotions  as  hereinbefore  pre- 
scribed shall  be  filled  by  temporary  details  in  the  manner  prescribed 
in  said  sections  twenty-six  and  twenty-seven,  and  acts  amendatory 
thereof,  and  the  resulting  temporary  vacancies  in  the  branches  of 
the  Army  from  which  the  details  shall  be  so  made  shall  be  filled  as 


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hereinbefore  in  this  section  prescribed:  Provided  further,  That  officers 
temporarily  promoted  or  appointed  under  the  terms  of  this  section 
shall  be  promoted  or  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with  the 
advice  and  consent  of  the  Senate,  for  terms  that  shall  not  extend 
beyond  the  war  or  the  passing  of  the  emergency  for  which  additional 
forces  were  brought  into  the  military  service  of  the  United  States, 
and  at  the  termination  of  the  war  or  the  passing  of  the  emergency 
said  officers  shall  be  discharged  from  the  positions  held  by  them 
under  their  temporary  commissions  or  appointments,  and  officers 
detailed  as  herein  authorized  shall  be  relieved  from  their  temporary 
details:  And  provided  further,  That  officers  temporarily  promoted 
under  the  provisions  of  this  section  shall  not  vacate  their  permanent 
commissions  nor  be  prejudiced  in  their  relative  or  lineal  standing  in 
the  Regular  Army. 

78.  SEC.  115.  PHYSICAL  EXAMINATION. — Every  officer  and  enlisted 
man  of  the  National  Guard  who  shall  be  called  into  the  service  of  the 
United  States  as  such  shall  be  examined  as  to  his  physical  fitness 
under  such  regulations  as  the  President  may  prescribe  without  fur- 
ther commission  or  enlistment:    Provided,  That  immediately  pre- 
ceding the  muster  out  of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  called  into  the 
active  service  of  the  United  States  he  shall  be  physically  examined 
under  rules  prescribed  by  the  President  of  the  United  States,  and 
the  record  thereof  shall  be  kept  in  the  War  Department. 

79.  SEC.  116.   NONCOMPLIANCE  WITH    FEDERAL  ACT. — Whenever 
any  State  shall,  within  a  limit  of  time  to  be  fixed  by  the  President, 
have  failed  or  refused  to  comply  with  or  enforce  any  requirement  of 
this  act,  or  any  regulation  promulgated  thereunder  and  in  aid  thereof 
by  the  President  or  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  National  Guard  of 
such  State  shall  be  debarred,  wholly  or  in  part,  as  the  President  may 
direct,  from  receiving  from  the  United  States  any  pecuniary  or  other 
aid,  benefit,  or  privilege  authorized  or  provided  by  this  act  or  any 
other  law. 

80.  SEC.  117.  APPLICABLE  TO  LAND  FORCES  ONLY. — The  provisions 
of  this  act  in  respect  to  the  militia  shall  be  applicable  only  to  militia 
organized  as  a  land  force  and  not  to  the  Naval  Militia,  which  shall 
consist  of  such  part  of  the  militia  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Presi- 
dent for  each  State,  Territory,  or  District :  Provided,  That  each  State, 
Territory,  or  District  maintaining  a  Naval  Militia  as  herein  prescribed 
may  be  credited  to  the  extent  of  the  number  thereof  in  the  quota 
that  would  otherwise  be  required  by  section  sixty-two  of  this  act. 
(Proviso  repealed  by  act  of  Congress  approved  July  1,  1918.     Op.  J. 
A.  G.,  May  3,  1919.) 

81.  SEC.  118.   NECESSARY  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS. — The  Presi- 
dent shall  make  all  necessary  rules  and  regulations  and  issue  such 
orders  as  may  be  necessary  for  the  thorough  organization,  discipline, 
and  government  of  the  militia  provided  for  in  this  act. 


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82.  SEC.  119.   ANNUAL  ESTIMATES  REQUIRED. — The  Secretary  of 
War  shall  cause  to  be  estimated  annually  the  amount  necessary  for 
carrying  out  the  provisions  of  so  much  of  this  act  as  relates  to  the 
militia,  and  no  money  shall  be  expended  under  said  provisions  except 
as  shall  from  time  to  time  be  appropriated  for  carrying  them  out. 

83.  SEC.  125.  PROTECTION  OF  THE  UNIFORM. — It  shall  be  unlaw- 
ful for  any  person  not  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  of  the  United  States 
Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  to  wear  the  duly  prescribed  uniform 
of  the  United  States  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  or  any  distinc- 
tive part  of  such  uniform,  or  a  uniform  any  part  of  which  is  similar 
to  a  distinctive  part  of  the  duly  prescribed  uniform  of  the  United 
States  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps:  Provided,  That  the  foregoing 
provision  shall  not  be  construed  so  as  to  prevent  officers  or  enlisted 
men  of  the  National  Guard  from  wearing,  in  pursuance  of  law  and 
regulations,  the  uniform  lawfully  prescribed  to  be  worn  by  such 
officers  or  enlisted  man  of  the  National  Guard;  nor  to  prevent  mem- 
bers of  the  organization  known  as  the  Boy  Scouts  of  America,  or  the 
Naval  Militia,  or  such  other  oganizations  as  the  Secretary  of  War 
may  designate,  from  wearing  their  prescribed  uniforms;  nor  to  pre- 
vent persons  who  in  time  of  war  have  served  honorably  as  officers  of 
the  United  States  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  Regular  or  Volun- 
teer, and  whose  most  recent  service  was  terminated  by  an  honorable 
discharge,  muster  out,  or  resignation,  from  wearing,  upon  occasions 
of  ceremony,  the  uniform  of  the  highest  grade  they  have  held  by 
brevet  or  other  commission  in  such  Regular  or  Volunteer  service; 
nor  to  prevent  any  person  who  has  been  honorably  discharged  from 
the  United  States  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  Regular  or  Volun- 
teer, from  wearing  his  uniform  from  the  place  of  his  discharge  to  his 
home,  within  three  months  after  the  date  of  such  discharge;  nor  to 
prevent  the  members  of  military  societies  composed  entirely  of  hon- 
orably discharged  officers  or  enlisted  men,  or  both,  of  the  United 
States  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  Regular  or  Volunteer,  from 
wearing,  upon  occasions  of  ceremony,  the  uniform  duly  prescribed 
by  such  societies  to  be  worn  by  the  members  thereof;  nor  to  prevent 
the  instructors  and  members  of  the  duly  organized  cadet  corps  of  a 
State  university,  State  college,  or  public  high  school  offering  a  regular 
course  in  military  instruction  from  wearing  the  uniform  duly  pre- 
scribed by  the  authorities  of  such  university,  college,  or  public  high 
school  for  wear  by  the  instructors  and  members  of  such  cadet  corps; 
nor  to  prevent  the  instructors  and  members  of  the  duly  organized 
cadet  corps  of  any  other  institution  of  learning  offering  a  regular 
course  in  military  instruction,  and  at  which  an  officer  or  enlisted  man 
of  the  United  States  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps  is  lawfully  detailed 
for  duty  as  instructor  in  military  science  and  tactics,  from  wearing 
the  uniform  duly  prescribed  by  the  authorities  of  such  institution  of 


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learning  for  wear  by  the  instructors  and  members  of  such  cadet 
corps;  nor  to  pi  event  civilians  attendant  upon  a  course  of  military 
or  naval  instruction  authorized  and  conducted  by  the  military  or 
naval  authorities  of  the  United  States  from  wearing,  while  in  atten- 
dance upon  such  course  of  instruction,  the  uniform  authorized  and 
prescribed  by  such  military  or  naval  authorities  for  wear  during  such 
course  of  instruction;  nor  to  prevent  any  person  from  wearing  the 
uniform  of  the  United  States  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps  in  any 
playhouse  or  theater  or  in  moving-picture  films  while  actually  engaged 
in  representing  therein  a  military  or  naval  character  not  tending  to 
bring  discredit  or  reproach  upon  the  United  States  Army,  Navy,  or 
Marine  Corps:  Provided  further,  That  the  uniforms  worn  by  officers 
or  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard,  or  by  the  members  of  the 
military  societies  or  the  instructors  and  members  of  the  cadet  corps 
referred  to  in  the  preceding  proviso  shall  include  some  distinctive 
mark  or  insignia  to  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  dis- 
tinguish such  uniforms  from  the  uniforms  of  the  United  States  Army, 
Navy,  and  Marine  Corps:  And  provided  further,  That  the  members 
of  the  military  societies  and  the  instructors  and  members  of  the 
cadet  corps  hereinbefore  mentioned  shall  not  wear  the  insignia  of 
rank  prescribed  to  be  worn  by  officers  of  the  United  States  Army, 
Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  or  any  insignia  of  rank  similar  thereto. 

Any  person  who  offends  against  the  provisions  of  this  section 
shall,  on  conviction,  be  punished  by  a  fine  not  exceeding  $300,  or  by 
imprisonment  not  exceeding  six  months,  or  by  both  such  fine  and 
imprisonment;  "Provided,  That  hereafter,  upon  the  discharge  or 
furlough  to  the  Reserve  of  an  enlisted  man,  all  uniform  outer  cloth- 
ing then  in  his  possession,  except  such  articles  as  he  may  be  per- 
mitted to  wear  from  the  place  of  termination  of  his  active  service 
to  his  home,  as  authorized  by  this  section,  will  be  retained  for  mili- 
tary use;  and  within  four  months  after  such  termination  of  his 
active  service  he  shall  return  all  uniform  clothing,  which  he  was  so 
permitted  to  retain  for  wear  to  his  home  by  mail,  under  a  franked 
label  which  shall  be  furnished  him  for  the  purpose,  and  in  conformity 
with  the  instructions  given  him  at  the  time  of  such  termination  of 
his  active  service;  and  in  case  he  shall  fail  to  return  the  same  within 
such  period,  and  in  accordance  with  such  instructions  he  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and,  upon  conviction,  suffer  the 
punishment  prescribed  by  this  section:  Provided  further,  That  upon 
the  release  from  Federal  service  of  an  enlisted  man  of  the  National 
Guard  called  as  such  into  the  service  of  the  United  States,  all  uniform 
outer  clothing  then  in  his  possession  shall  be  taken  up  and  accounted 
for  as  property  issued  to  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  to  which 
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34  NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS. 

the  enlisted  man  belongs,  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  section  sixty- 
seven  of  said  act:  And  provided  further,  That  when  an  enlisted  man 
is  discharged  otherwise  than  honorably,  all  uniform  outer  clothing 
in  his  possession  shall  be  retained  for  military  use,  and,  when  author- 
ized by  regulations  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  a  suit  of 
citizen's  outer  clothing  to  cost  not  exceeding  $15  may  be  issued  to 
such  enlisted  man:  And  provided  further,  That  officers  and  members 
of  the  National  Home  for  Disabled  Volunteer  Soldiers  may,  regard- 
less of  the  preceding  provisions  of  said  act,  wear  such  uniforms  as 
the  Secretary  of  War  may  authorize."  (As  amended  by  act  of  Con- 
gress, approved  July  9,  1918). 

D.  ACT  OF  MAY  12,  1917. 

84.  "Provided,  That  the  National  Guard  of  any  State,  Territory, 
or  the  District  of  Columbia,  shall  include  such  officers  and  enlisted 
men  of  the  staff  corps  and  departments,  corresponding  to  those  of 
the  Regular  Army,  as  may  be  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War." 
(Act  of  Congress  approved  May  12,  1917.) 


ARTICLE  II. 


MILITARY  DISCIPLINE. 

85.  All  persons  in  the  military  service  are  required  to  obey  strictly 
and  to  execute  promptly  the  lawful  orders  of  their  superiors. 

86.  Military  authority  will  be  exercised  with  firmness,  kindness, 
and  justice.     Punishments  must  conform  to  law  and  follow  offenses 
as  promptly  as  circumstances  will  permit. 

87.  Superiors  are  forbidden  to  injure  those  under  their  authority 
by  tyrannical  or  capricious  conduct  or  by  abusive  language.     While 
maintaining  discipline  and  the  thorough  and  prompt  performance  of 
military  duty,  all  officers,  in  dealing  with  enlisted  men,  will  bear  in 
mind  the  absolute  necessity  of  so  treating  them  as  to  preserve  their 
self-respect.     Officers  will  keep  in  as  close  touch  as  possible  with  the 
men  under  their  command  and  will  strive  to  build  up  such  relations 
of  confidence  and  sympathy  as  will  insure  the  free  approach  of  their 
men  to  them  for  counsel  and  assistance.     This  relationship  may  be 
gained  and  maintained  without  relaxation  of  the  bonds  of  discipline 
and  with  great  benefit  to  the  service  as  a  whole. 

88.  Courtesy  among  military  men  is  indispensable  to  discipline; 
respect  to  superiors  will  not  be  confined  to  obedience  on  duty,  but 
will  be  extended  on  all  occasions. 

89.  Deliberations  or  discussions  among  military  men  conveying 
praise  or  censure,  or  any  mark  of  approbation,  toward  others  in  the 
military  service,  and  all  publications  relating  to  private  or  personal 
transactions  between  officers,  are  prohibited.     Efforts  to  influence 
Congressional  legislation  affecting  the  National  Guard,  or  to  procure 
personal  favor  or  consideration,  should  never  be  made  except  through 
regular  military  channels ;  the  adoption  of  any  other  method  by  any 
officer  or  enlisted  man  will  be  noted  in  the  military  record  of  those 
concerned. 

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ARTICLE   III. 


RANK  AND  PRECEDENCE  AMONG  REGULARS,  MILITIA,  AND 

VOLUNTEERS. 

90.  That  in  time  of  war  or  public  danger,  when  two  or  more  officers 
of  the  same  grade  are  011  duty  in  the  same  field,  department,  or  com- 
mand, or  of  organizations  thereof,  the  President  may  assign  the  com- 
mand of  the  forces  of  such  field,  department,  or  command,  or  of  any 
organization  thereof,  without  regard  to  seniority  of  rank  in  the  same 
grade.     In  the  absence  of  such  assignment  by  the  President,  officers 
of  the  same  grade  shall  rank  and  have  precedence  in  the  following 
order,  without  regard  to  date  of  rank  or  commission  as  between  offi- 
cers of  different  classes,  namely:  First,  officers  of  the  Regular  Army 
and  officers  of  the  Marine  Corps,  detached  for  service  with  the  Army 
by  order  of  the  President;  second,  officers  of  forces  drafted  or  called 
into  the  service  of  the  United  States;  and  third,  officers  of  the  vol- 
unteer forces:  Provided,  That  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  holding 
commissions  in  forces  drafted  or  called  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States  or  hi  the  volunteer  forces  shall  rank  and  have  precedence 
under  said  commissions  as  if  they  were  commissions  in  the  Regular 
Army;  the  rank  of  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  under  commissions 
in  the  National  Guard  as  such  shall  not,  for  the  purposes  of  this 
article,  be  held  to  antedate  the  acceptance  of  such  officers  into  the 
service  of  the  United  States  under  said  commissions.     (Article  of 
War  119.) 

91.  When  different  corps  or  commands  of  the  military  forces  of 
the  United  States  happen  to  join  or  do  duty  together,  the  officer 
highest  in  rank  of  the  line  of  the  Regular  Army,  Marine  Corps,  forces 
drafted  or  called  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  or  Volunteers, 
there  on  duty,  shall,  subject  to  the  provisions  of  the  last  preceding 
article,  command  the  whole  and  give  orders  for  what  is  needful  hi  the 
service,   unless   otherwise   directed  by  the  President.     (Article   of 
War  120.) 


ARTICLE  IV. 


ORGANIZATION. 
A.  GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 

92.  The  organization  of  the  National  Guard,  including  the  com- 
position of  all  units  thereof,  will  be  the  same  as  that  which  is,  or  may 
hereafter  be,  prescribed  for  the  Regular  Army  in  Organization  Tables, 
subject  in  time  of  peace  to  such  general  exceptions  as  may  be  author- 
ized by  the  Secretary  of  War.    The  War  Department  will  prescribe 
the  particular  unit  or  units,  as  to  branch  or  arm  of  service,  to  be 
maintained  in  each  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  in 
order  to  secure  a  force  which,  when  combined,  shall  form  complete 
higher  tactical  units. 

93.  The  National  Guard  will  be  organized  into  higher  tactical  units 
as  far  as  practicable.    The  tactical  division  will  be  the  basis  of  organi- 
zation, and  the  proportion  of  troops  of  the  different  arms  as  they  exist 
in  the  tactical  division  will  ordinarily  determine  the  allotment  of 
troops  of  the  different  arms  to  different  States. 

94.  For  the  purpose  of  maintaining  appropriate  organization  and 
to  assist  in  instruction  and  training,  the  National  Guard  of  the  several 
States  and  Territories  and  the  District  of  Columbia  may  be  assigned 
to  divisions,  brigades,  and  other  tactical  units,  and  officers  either 
from  the  National  Guard  or  the  Regular  Army  may  be  detailed  by 
the  War  Department  to  command  such  units. 

95.  The  location  of  the  units  and  headquarters  of  the  National 
Guard,  within  their  respective  borders,  will  be  fixed  by  the  governors 
of  States  and  Territories.     After  Federal  recognition  has  been  ex- 
tended to  a  unit,  it  has  a  Federal  status  in  addition  to  its  State  status 
and  no  change  of  station  will  be  made  without  the  express  authority 
of  the  Secretary  of  War.     (Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

96.  No  organization  of  the  National  Guard,  members  of  which 
shall  be  entitled  to  and  shall  have  received  compensation  under  the 
provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress  of  June  3,  1916,  will  be  disbanded 
without  previously  securing  the  consent  of  the  President,  through 
application  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 

97.  The  number  of  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard  to  be 
organized  by  June  30,  1920  (act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  act  of  July  11, 
1919),  will  be  200  for  each  State  for  each  Senator  and  Representative 
in   Congress,   and   a    number  to   be   determined   by   the   President 
for  each  Territory  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  will  be  increased 

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each  year  thereafter  by  not  less  than  50  per  cent  until  a  total  peace 
strength  of  not  less  than  800  enlisted  men  for  each  Senator  and  Repre- 
sentative in  Congress  will  have  been  reached.  The  word  "Terri- 
tory" as  used  in  laws  relating  to  the  land  militia  and  National  Guard 
includes  and  applies  to  Hawaii,  Alaska,  Porto  Rico,  and  to  the  Canal 
Zone.  (CJianges  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

98.  (a)  The  strength  of  units  of  the  National  Guard  will  be  the 
same  as  that  prescribed  by  Tables  of  Organization  for  the  minimum 
strength  of  like  units  of  the  Regular  Army,  except  that  particular 
organizations,   upon  application,  may  be  authorized  by  the   War 
Department  to  be  enlisted  to   the  maximum  strength.     National 
Guard  organizations  outside  the  territorial  limits  of  the  United  States 
are  authorized  to  recruit  to  maximum  strength  authorized  for  like 
organizations  of  the  Regular  Army.     For  the  purposes  of  maintenance 
only,  variations  in  strength  of  not  exceeding  10  per  cent  above  or 
below  the  prescribed  strength  will  be  waived. 

(6)  When,  in  the  judgment  of  the  adjutant  general  of  a  State,  the 
required  strength  of  a  lettered  Infantry,  Engineer,  and  Coast  Artil- 
lery company,  and  lettered  Cavalry  troop,  can  not  be  maintained  in 
a  town,  due  to  local  conditions,  such  company  or  troop  may  be 
divided  into  platoons,  one  or  more  of  which  may  be  stationed  sepa- 
rately, provided  there  are  proper  armory  facilities  for  each  detached 
platoon.  The  action  of  an  adjutant  general  in  forming  a  detached 
platoon  will  be  promptly  reported  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 

99.  When  authority  is  given  to  disband  an  organization  which  has 
been  Federally  recognized  or  when  Federal  recognition  is  withdrawn, 
enlisted  men  of  the  organization  should  be  discharged  or  transferred 
to  an  active  organization. 

100.  No  State  shall  maintain  troops  in  tune  of  peace  other  than  as 
authorized  in  accordance  with  the  organization  prescribed  under  the 
act  of  June  3,  1916  (sec.  61). 

101.  A  tentative  organization  composed  of  youths  under  the  age 
of  18  can  not  be,  under  the  law,  a  part  of  the  National  Guard,  and  its 
being  organized  and  uniformed  by  or  in  a  State  does  not  make  it  so; 
such  a  body  is  therefore  not  entitled  to  receive  any  benefits,  including 
equipment  or  other  Government  supplies,  provided  for  the  National 
Guard  by  Federal  laws. 

B.  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

GENERAL   PROVISIONS. 

102.  The  Medical  Department  is  charged  with  the  duty  of  investi- 
gating the  sanitary  condition  of  the  National  Guard  and  making 
recommendations  in  reference  thereto,  of  advising  with  reference  to 


NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  39 

the  location  of  camps  and  posts,  the  quality  of  the  water  supply, 
and  the  disposal  of  wastes,  with  the  duty  of  caring  for  the  sick  and 
wounded,  making  physical  examinations  of  officers  and  enlisted 
men,  the  management  and  control  of  military  hospitals,  the  recruit- 
ment, instruction,  and  control  of  the  enlisted  force  of  the  Medical 
Department. 

ORGANIZATION  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

103.  The  Medical  Department  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  several 
States,  Territories,   and  the  District  of  Columbia  shall  consist  of 
officers  and  enlisted  men  of:  (1)  the  Medical  Corps;  (2)  the  Dental 
Corps;  and  (3)  the  Veterinary  Corps.     These  shall  conform  in  organi- 
zation, discipline,  and  equipment  to  like  units  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment of  the  Regular  Army. 

104.  The  personnel   of   the   Medical   Department   and   all    other 
persons  assigned  to  duty  therewith  shall  be  collectively  known  as 
sanitary  troops. 

105.  For  the  purpose  of  service  the  sanitary  troops  will  be  divided 
into:  (a)  those   assigned  to   regiments  or  lesser  line  organizations, 
which  shall  be  known  as  sanitary  detachments;  (b)  those  organized 
into  sanitary  units,  such  as  field  hospital  companies  and  ambulance 
companies;  (c)  those  belonging  to  State  staff  corps  and  departments. 

ENLISTED   FORCE. 

106.  The  enlisted  force  of  the  Medical  Department  of  the  National 
Guard  for  the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia, 
will  consist  of  such  number  of  sergeants  first  class,  sergeants,  cor- 
porals,   cooks,    horseshoers,    saddlers,  farriers,  mechanics,    privates 
first  class  and  privates,  as  may  be  required  for  the  sanitary  service 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Tables  of  Organization  pub- 
lished from  time  to  time  by  the  War  Department. 

107.  All  enlistments,  reenlistments  in,  or  transfers  to  the  Medical 
Department  will,  except  as  hereinafter  specified,  be  in  the  grade  of 
private  Medical  Department. 

108.  Under  the  direction  of  the  adjutants  general  of  the  several 
States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  under  the  super- 
vision of  the  State,  Territorial,  or  District  surgeon  thereof,  the  com- 
manding officer  of  each  field  hospital  company,  ambulance  company 
or  sanitary  detachment  assigned  to  an  authorized  line  organization, 
is  authorized  to  enlist  for  his  organization  or  detachment,  sufficient 
men  to  maintain  at  all  times  the  number  prescribed  by  the  Wai- 
Department  in  Tables  of  Organization  for  each  sanitary  unit    or 
detachment 


40  NATIONAL,  GUAED  REGULATIONS. 

109.  Commanding  officers  of  field  hospitals,  ambulance  companies 
and  sanitary  detachments  are  authorized  to  reenlist  sergeants  first 
class,    sergeants,    corporals,    cooks,    horseshoers,    saddlers,    farriers, 
mechanics  and  privates  first  class,  and  continue  their  warrants  and 
grades  provided  the  reenlistment  of  the  above  class  of  enlisted  men 
takes  place  the  day  following  their  discharge  from  the  Medical  De- 
partment of  the  National  Guard  with  character  at  least  "good/1 
Appropriate  notation  showing  their  former  status,   together  with 
this  authority,  will  be  made  on  their  enlistment  papers  and  warrants 
by  the  officer  authorized  to  make  the  reenlistment. 

110.  Transfer  of  enlisted  men  of  the  line  to  the  Medical  Department 
in  the  grade  of  private  is  authorized  if  approved  by  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  organization  to  which  the  man  belongs.     The  transfer 
of  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  Department  to  the  line  will  not  be 
made  without  the  approval  of    the   State,  Territorial,  or  District 
Surgeon  and  the  authority  of  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Ter- 
ritory, or  District  of  Columbia. 

MEDICAL  CORPS. 
ORGANIZATION. 

111.  The  Medical  Corps  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  several 
States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  will  consist  of  such 
number  of  medical  officers  and  in  such  grades  as  prescribed  in  Tables 
of  Organization,  published  by  the  War  Department  from  time  to 
time,  and  in  the  State  staff  corps  and  departments  authorized  by 
these  Regulations. 

112.  The  medical  officer  selected  as  State  surgeon  should  be  an 
officer  of  experience,  initiative,  and  administrative  ability  and  well 
qualified  for  all  the  duties  required. 

113.  With  the  permission  of  the  President,  an  officer  of  the  Medical 
Corps,  United  States  Army,  can  be  commissioned  in  the  National 
Guard  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  such 
officer  can  be  selected  as  State,  Territorial,  or  District  surgeon  thereof. 
(Sec.  100,  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916.) 

DUTIES    OF   STATE,    TERRITORIAL,    OR   DISTRICT    SURGEON. 

114.  The  State  surgeon  is  properly  a  member  of  the  State  staff 
corps  or  department,  but  he  may  be  detailed  as  such  from  an  organ- 
ization of  the  Medical  Corps.     He  shall  be  in  control  of  and  super- 
vise the  Medical  Department  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State, 
subordinate  only  to  the  officer  commanding  the  tactical  unit,  if  any, 
to  which  he  is  attached,  and  the  governor  as  commander  in  chief, 
acting  through  his  representative,  the  adjutant  general. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  41 

115.  Pie  will  act  in  the  capacity  of  chief  sanitary  adviser  and  as 
such  will  make   any  recommendations   deemed  necessary  for   the 
health  of  the  commands.     He  will  have  general  supervision  over 
the  sanitary  troops  of  the  National  Guard  and  will  be  held  respon- 
sible for  their  discipline,  instruction,  and  efficiency.     In  addition  to 
the  above  his  duties  will,  in  time  of  peace,  be  to: 

(a)  Report  on  the  efficiency  of  each  officer  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment in  his  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia. 

(6)  To  authorize  enlistments  in,  and  recommend  the  transfer  of 
enlisted  men  of  the  line  to,  the  Medical  Department. 

(c)  To  supervise  the  examination  of  corporals,  privates  first  class, 
and  privates  of  the  Medical  Department  for  appointment  as  sergeants 
therein,   also  for  the   examination  of  sergeants  for   the  grade    of 
sergeants  first  class,  in  the  Medical  Department,  in  accordance  with 
the  instructions  prescribed  by  the  War  Department. 

(d)  To  supervise  the  instruction  of  sanitary  troops  in  accordance 
with  regulations  prescribed  by  the  War  Department. 

(e)  To  examine  certificates  of  disability  and  to  recommend  the 
discharges  thereon  of  all  soldiers  permanently  unfitted  for  military 
service  because  of  wounds  or  disease. 

(f)  To  recommend  appropriate  action  upon  application  for  sick 
leave  for  officers,  applications  for  sick  furlough  for  enlisted  men  and 
applications  for  furlough  for  the  enlisted  men  of  the  Medical  Depart- 
ment. 

(g)  To  recommend   appropriate  action  to   be   taken   to  provide 
adequate  armory  facilities  for  drill,  instruction  and  housing  sanitary 
troops  and  for  the  proper  storage  and  care  of  Federal  property 
issued  to  the  sanitary  troops. 

(Ji)  To  examine  requisitions  for  medical  supplies  and  to  take 
appropriate  action  thereon. 

(i)  To  recommend  appropriate  disposition  of  condemned  medical 
property  on  survey  proceedings  referred  to  him  for  remark. 

(7)  To  examine  the  reports    of    sick  and  wounded,  and  initiate 
measures  for  their  correction  when  necessary. 

DENTAL  CORPS. 

(Act  Approved  October  6,  1917.    Bulletin  61,  Section  V,  W.  D.  1917.) 
ORGANIZATION. 

116.  The  Dental  Corps   of  the  National  Guard   of  the  several 
States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  will  consist  of  one 
officer  for  each  1,000  of  the  total  strength  of  the  National  Guard 


42 


NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS. 


authorized  and  recognized  for  each  State,  Territory,  and  the  District 
of  Columbia,  and  in  such  grades  as  prescribed  in  the  following  table: 


Strengths. 

Grades. 

Colonel. 

Lieutenant 
colonel. 

Major. 

Captain  or 
lieutenant. 

1 
2 
3 
4 
4 
5 
5 
6 
7 
7 
7 
8 
9 
10 
10 
10 
11 
12 
12 
13 
14 
15 
16 
16 
17 
18 
19 
18 
19 
20 
21 
22 
22 
23 
24 
24 

1  000  or  less 

1  500-2  500 

2500-3  500 

3  500-4  500 

4,500-5*500 

1 

1 
2 
2 
2 
2 
3 
3 
3 
3 
4 
4 
4 
4 
5 
5 
5 
5 
5 
6 
6 
6 
6 
7 
7 
7 
7 
7 
8 
8 
8 
9 

5500-6  500 

6  500-7  500 

7.500-8,500  .                           

8  500-9  500                                      .              

9500-10500 

1 
1 
1 
1 
1 

1 
1 
1 
i 

2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 

10  500-11  500 

n',500-12'500                                             

12  500-13  500                                                    

13  500-14  500 

14  500-15  500 

15*500-16  500                                           

1 

16500-17500                                                      

17  500-18  500 

18.500-19'500              

19  500-20  500                                                         

20  500-21  500 

21,500-22'500          

22  500-23  500            .              

23  500-24  500 

24  500-25.500  

25  500-26  500                     

26  500-27  500 

27.500-28.500  

28  500-29  500  

29  500-30  500                                             ... 

30  500-31  500 

31  500-32,500  

32  500-33  500                   

33,500-34.500  

34,590-35.500  

35  500-36  500          

NOTE. — (a)  The  National  Guard  is  given  the  benefit  of  all  major  fractions  in  making  calculations. 
(6)  One  private,  first  class,  medical  department  (in  addition  to  others  authorized),  is  authorized  as 
dental  assistant  for  each  dental  surgeon. 

117.  One  dental  officer  may  be  selected  from  among  the  senior 
dental  officers  of  each  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
who   may  be   designated   as   State,   Territorial   or   District   dental 
surgeon.     He   should   be   an   officer   of   experience,   initiative   and 
administrative  ability,  and  well  qualified  for  all  the  duties  required 
of  a  State  dental  surgeon. 

118.  The  State  dental  surgeon,  in  addition  to  any  other  duties  he 
may  have  as  a  member  of  or  attached  to  any  organization  unit, 
will  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  State  surgeon  direct 
such  matters  pertaining  to  the  Dental  Corps  of  the  National  Guard 
as  may  be  referred  to  him  by  proper  authority.     He  is  charged, 
under  the  supervision  of  the  State  surgeon,  with  providing  adequate 
dental  service  for  the  personnel  of  the  National  Guard  when  in 
active  service,  rendition  of  reports  and  returns  required  by  regulation 
for  dental  cases,   and  such  other  duties  within  the  scope  of  the 
functions  of  the  Dental  Corps  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by  proper 
authority. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  43 

DUTIES  OF  OFFICERS  OF  THE  DENTAL  CORPS. 

119.  The  duties  of  officers  of  the  Dental  Corps  are  for  the  most 
part  to  render  professional  services  to  such  persons  of  the  military 
forces  entitled  to  dental  treatment,  coming  within  the  scope  of  their 
training   and   their   recognized   functions   in   civil   practice.     Their 
administrative  functions  are  limited  to  such  as  may  be  necessary  to 
carry  out  the  provisions  of  regulations  as  prescribed  for  an  officer 
of  the  military  forces  in  the  matter  of  personnel  assigned  to  assist 
them  in  the  performance  of  their  professional  duties,  to  render  such 
reports  and 'returns  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  regulations,  and 
such  other  duties  coming  within  the  scope  of  their  professional  train- 
ing and  such  military  duties  to  which  they  may  be  assigned  by 
proper  military  authority. 

VETERINARY  CORPS. 

(Section  16,  act  Approved  June  3,  1916.) 

ORGANIZATION. 

120.  The  Veterinary  Corps  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  several 
States,  Territories  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  consists  of  veter- 
inarians and  assistant  veterinarians  not  to  exceed  two  such  officers 
for  each  regiment  of  Cavalry,  one  for  every  three  batteries  oi  Field 
Artillery,  and  one  for  each  mounted  battalion  of  Engineers  author- 
ized by  the  War  Department  to  which  Federal  recognition  has  been 
extended. 

121.  One  veterinarian  may  be  selected  from  the  senior  veterin- 
arians of  each  State,  Territory  or  District  of  Columbia,  authorized  to 
have  such  officers,  who  may  be  designated  as  State,  Territorial  or 
District  veterinarian.     He  should  be  an  officer  of  experience,  initi- 
ative and  administrative  ability,  and  well  qualified  for  all  the  duties 
required  of  such  an  officer. 

122.  The  State  veterinarian  in  addition  to  any  other  duties  he 
may  have  as  a  member  of,  or  attached  to  any  organization  or  unit, 
will  under  the  supervision  and  direction  of  the  State  surgeon  direct 
such  matters  pertaining  to  the  Veterinary  Corps  of  the  National 
Guard  as  may  be  referred  to  him  by  proper  authority.     He  is  charged, 
under  the  supervision  of  the  State  surgeon,  with  providing  adequate 
veterinary  service  for  the  animals  authorized  for  the  National  Guard, 
rendition  of  reports   and  returns  required   by  regulations  for  the 
Veterinary  Corps,  and  such  other  duties  within  the  scope  of  the 
functions  of  officers  ol  the  Veterinary  Corps  as  may  be  assigned  to 
him  by  proper  authority. 

DUTIES   OF  OFFICERS   OF  THE   VETERINARY    CORPS. 

123.  The  duties  of  officers  of  the  Veterinary  Corps  are  for  the 
most  part  to  render  professional  services  to  such  animals  of  the 


44  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

military  forces  as  are  entitled  to  veterinary  treatment,  coming 
within  the  scope  of  their  training  and  their  recognized  functions  in 
civil  practice.  Their  administrative  functions  are  limited  to  such 
as  may  be  necessary  to  carry  out  the  provisions  of  regulations  as 
prescribed  for  an  officer  of  the  military  forces  in  the  matter  of 
personnel  assigned  to  assist  them  in  the  performance  of  their  pro- 
fessional duties,  to  render  such  reports  and  returns  in  the  manner 
prescribed  by  regulations,  and  such  other  duties  coming  within  the 
scope  of  their  professional  training,  and  such  military  duties  as  may 
be  assigned  to  them  by  proper  military  authority. 

C.  THE  COAST  ARTILLERY  CORPS. 

124.  The  Coast  Artillery  Corps  of  the  National  Guard  of  each  of  the 
States,  the  Territory  of  Hawaii,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  shall 
be  organized  into  coast-defense  commands.     The  field  and  staff  offi- 
cers, noncommissioned  staff  officers,  and  bands  authorized  for  organ- 
izations consisting  of  from  1  to  36  companies  are  shown  in  Table  A, 
paragraph  132. 

125.  For  purposes   of  drill   and   instruction,   coast-defense .  com- 
manders may  assign  officers,  noncommissioned  staff  officers,  and  com- 
panies to  fort  commands  and  fire  commands.     The  assignment  of 
National  Guard  Coast  Artillery  to  fortifications   and  to  batteries 
thereat  will  be  made  by  the  War  Department. 

126.  Coast  Artillery  of  the  National  Guard  will  be  organized  into 
Heavy  Artillery  regiments  when  authorized  by  the  War  Department. 
The  organization  of  these  regiments  will  conform  to  Tables  of  Organi- 
zation for  the  Regular  Army.     (See  par.  92,  General  Provisions,  Or- 
ganization.)    Such  regiments  will  be  trained  with  the  armament 
with  which  they  are  equipped,  as  well  as  in  the  duties  of  the  Coast 
Defense  command  to  which  they  are  assigned. 

127.  The    officers,    noncommissioned    officers,    cooks,    mechanics, 
buglers,  privates,  first  class,  and  privates  authorized  in  a  company  of 
Coast  Artillery  are  shown  in  the  following  table: 

Captains 1 

First  lieutenants 1 

Second  lieutenants 1 

First  sergeants 1 

gupply  sergeants 1 

Mess  sergeants 1 

Sergeants 7 

Corporals lO 

Cooks 2 

Mechanics 2 

Buglers 2 

Privates,  first  class 17 

Privates 57 

Total  enlisted..  .  100 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  45 

128.  The  allowance  of  rated  men  per  company  will  be  as  follows: 

I  plotter;  1  observer,  first  class;  1  observer,  second  class;  2  gun  com- 
manders; 2  gun  pointers. 

129.  Each  Coast  Artillery  band  shall  consist  of:  1  band  leader,  1 
assistant  band  leader,  1  first  sergeant,  2  band  sergeants,  4  band  cor- 
porals, 2  musicians,  first  class;  4  musicians,  second  class;  14  musicians, 
third  class;  2  cooks. 

130.  Examinations  for  first  and  second-class  gunners  and  ratings 
will  be  held  under  the  provisions  of  Drill  Regulations  for  Coast  Artil- 
lery and  War  Department  circulars.     Qualifications  and  ratings  will 
be  made  as  prescribed  by  War  Department  orders  and  by  paragraph 
1343,  Army  Regulations,  1913,  as  amended  by  Changes  No.  43,  War 
Department,  1916. 

131.  Attached  personnel  for  coast  defense  commands  will  be  author- 
ized as  indicated  below: 

MEDICAL   DEPARTMENT. 

(a)  For  a  coast-defense  command  of  not  less  than  4  nor  more  than 
7  companies:  One  captain  or  lieutenant,  1  sergeant  or  corporal,  8 
privates,  first  class,  or  privates. 

(b)  For  a  coast-defense  command  of  not  less  than  8  nor  more  than 

II  companies:  Two  captains  or  lieutenants;  1  sergeant,  first  class;  2 
sergeants  or  corporals;  16  privates,  first  class,  or  privates. 

(/O  For  a  coast-defense  command  of  not  less  than  12  companies: 
One  major;  3  captains  or  lieutenants;  1  sergeant,  first  class;  3  sergeants 
or  corporals;  24  privates,  first  class,  or  privates. 

QUARTERMASTER   CORPS. 

(a)  For  a  coast-defense  command  of  not  less  than  6  nor  more  than 
11  companies:  One  sergeant,  first  class,  or  sergeant. 

(&)  For  a  coast-defense  command  of  not  less  than  12  companies: 
Two  sergeants,  first  class,  or  sergeants. 


46 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 
ORDNANCE   DEPARTMENT. 


(a)  For  a  coast-defense  command  of  not  less  than  12  companies: 
One  sergeant,  first  class;  2  privates. 
132.— 

TABLE  A. 


Companies. 

1 

2 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

Colonels  

1 
3 
3 
3 

3 
1 

1 

3 

2 
3 

4 
12 

1 
1 
3 

3 

3 

3 
1 

1 

3 
2 
3 

4 
13 

1 
1 
3 

3 

3 

3 
1 

1 

3 
o 

3 

4 
14 

1 
1 
3 

3 

3 

3 
1 

1 

3 
2 
3 

5 
15 

4 
4 

4 
4 

2 

4 
2 

4 

6 

16 

1 
2 
4 

4 
4 

4 
1 

2 

4 
2 
4 

5 
17 

1 
2 

4 

4 
4 

4 

1 

2 

4 
3 
4 

6 
18 

6 
6 
« 

4 
2 

Lieutenant  colonels  

2 
2 
2 
2 

1 
2 

2 
2 
2 

1 

2 

2 
2 
2 

1 
2 

2 
2 

2 

Majors 

1 
1 
1 
1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

1 
1 
1 
1 

Captains,  unassigned,  for 
staff  duty 

First  lieutenants,  Unas- 
signed  for  staff  duty  . 

Second  lieutenants,  un- 
assigned. for  staff  duty  . 

Chaplains 

Sergeants  major,  senior 
grade  

1 

2 

1 
2 

2 

8 

2 

2 
2 
2 

1 

1 

2 
1 
2 

3 
9 

3 
3 
3 
2 
1 

1 

2 
1 
2 

3 
10 

3 
3 
3 
2 
1 

1 

2 

1 
2 

3 
11 

3 

3 
3 
2 
1 

Sergeants  major,  junior 
grade 

1 

1 

1 
1 

1 

2 
6 

2 
2 
2 
1 

1 

1 
1 

2 

7 

2 
2 
2 
1 

Master  electricians 

Engineers  

1 

1 
5 

1 
1 
1 

Electrician  sergeants, 
first  class 

1 
3 

1 
1 

1 

Assistant  engineers  

1 

2 

Electrician  sergeants, 

Firemen  

4 
4 
3 
1 

4 
4 
3 
1 

4 

4 
3 

1 

5 
5 
3 

5 
5 

4 
1 

5 
5 
4 
2 

Radio  sergeants  . 

Master  gunners 

Bands  

Companies. 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

29 

30 

31 

32 

33 

34 

35 

36 

Colonels  

1 
2 
4 

4 
4 

4 
1 

2 

4 
3 
4 

6 
19 

6 

6 
6 

4 
2 

1 
2 

5 

5 
5 

5 

1 

2 

5 

3 
5 

6 
20 

6 
6 
6 
5 
2 

1 
2 
5 

5 
B 

5 
1 

2 

5 
3 
5 

7 
21 

7 
7 
7 
5 
2 

1 
2 
5 

5 
5 

5 
1 

2 

5 
3 
5 

7 
22 

7 
7 
7 
5 
2 

1 
2 
B 

5 
5 
B 

2 

5 
3 
5 

7 
23 

7 
7 
7 
5 
2 

2 
2 
6 

6 
6 

6 
2 

2 

6 
4 
6 

8 
24 

8 
8 
8 
6 
2 

2 
2 
6 

6 

6 

6 
2 

3 

6 
4 
6 

8 
25 

8 
8 
8 
6 
2 

2 
2 
6 

6 
6 

6 
2 

3 

6 
4 
6 

8 
26 

8 
8 
8 
6 
2 

2 
2 
6 

6 
6 

6 
2 

3 

6 

4 
6 

9 
27 

9 
9 
9 
6 
2 

2 
3 

7 

7 
7 

7 
2 

3 

7 
4 
7 

9 

28 

9 
9 

9 
7 
3 

2 
3 

7 

7 
7 

7 
2 

3 

7 
4 
7 

9 
29 

9 
9 
9 
7 
3 

2 
3 

7 

7 
7 

7 
2 

3 

7 
5 

7 

10 
30 

10 
10 

10 
7 
3 

2 
3 
7 

7 
7 

7 
2 

3 

7 
5 
7 

10 
31 

10 
10 
10 
7 
3 

2 
3 

8 

8 
8 

8 
2 

3 

8 
5 
8 

10 

32 

10 

10 
10 
8 
3 

2 
3 

8 

8 
8 

8 
2 

3 

8 
5 
8 

11 

33 

11 
11 
11 

8 
3 

2 
3 

8 

8 
8 

8 
2 

3 

8 
5 
8 

11 
34 

11 
11 
11 
8 
3 

2 
3 

8 

8 
8 

8 
2 

3 

8 
5 
8 

11 
35 

11 
11 
11 

8 
3 

4 
3 
10 

10 
10 

10 
3 

3 

9 
6 
9 

12 
36 

12 
12 
12 
9 
3 

Lieutenant  colonels 

Majors 

Captains,  unassigned,  for 
staff  duty  . 

First  lieutenants.  Unas- 
signed,  for  staff  duty  .  . 
Second  lieutenants,  un- 
assigned, forstaff  duty  . 
Chaplains  

Sergeants  major,  senior 
grade 

Sergeants  major,  junior 
grade  

Master  electricians  
Engineers  

Electrician  sergeants, 
first  class 

Assistant  engineers  
Electrician  sergeants, 
second  class 

Firemen  

Radio  sergeants  . 

Master  gunners 

Bands  

NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  47 

D.  STATE  STAFF  CORPS  AND  DEPARTMENTS. 

(Act  of  Congress  Approved  May  12,  1917.) 

133.  Under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  May  12, 
1917,  the  Secretary  of  War  authorizes  the  numbers  of  officers  and 
enlisted  men  of  the  staff  corps  and  departments,  National  Guard, 
set  forth  in  the  tables  in  paragraph  144.     These  officers  and  enlisted 
men  are  in  addition  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  staff  corps  and 
departments  who  are  authorized  for  tactical  units  (regiments,  bri- 
gades, divisions,  etc.)  in  accordance  with  Tables  of  Organization. 
The  several  States  (including  Territories,  Districts,  etc.)  are  author- 
ized to  maintain  the  officers  and  men  listed  in  the  following  tables 
for  purposes  of  administration,  supply,  and  sanitation,  their  functions 
to  correspond  to  those  of  like  staff  corps  and  departments  in  the 
Regular  Army. 

134.  The  following  are  the  specific  purposes  for  which  these  officers 
and  enlisted  men  of  the  State  staff  corps  and  departments,  National 
Guard,  are  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War: 

(a)  To  provide  officers  and  enlisted  men  for  administrative,  sani- 
tary, and  supply  purposes  for  the  National  Guard  before  and  after 
the  organization  of  the  higher  tactical  units  has  been  completed. 

(6)  To  provide  administrative,  sanitary,  and  supply  personnel  for 
mobilization  and  recruiting  purposes  for  the  National  Guard  in 
Federal  service. 

(c)  To  provide  administrative,  sanitary,  and  supply  personnel  for 
camps  of  instruction  held  under  section  94,  act  of  June  3,  1916, 
except  when  such  camps  are  of  a  complete  higher  tactical  unit  com- 
prising a  staff  for  administration,  sanitation,  and  supply. 

(d)  For  training  National  Guard  officers  and  enlisted  men  in  time 
of  peace  in  duties  of  administration,  sanitation,  and  supply. 

135.  The  designation  of  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  several 
staff  corps  and  departments  shall  correspond  to  those  of  the  Regular 
Army,  as  major,  adjutant  general's  department,  Louisiana  National 
Guard;  lieutenant  colonel,  Medical  corps,  Missouri  National  Guard; 
major,    inspector-general's    department,    North    Carolina    National 
Guard;  sergeant,  medical  department,  New  York  National  Guard. 

136.  The  senior  officer  of  the  State  staff  in  each  corps  or  depart- 
ment except  the  adjutant  general  shall  be  designated  in  the  same 
manner  as  the  senior  staff  officer  of  territorial  departments  of  the 
Regular  Army,  substituting  the  word  "State"    (" Territorial,"   or 
" District")  for  "department,"  thus:  State  inspector,  instead  of  de- 
partment inspector;  State  surgeon,  instead  of  department  surgeon,  etc. 


48  NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS. 

137.  The  adjutant  general  of  a  State,  by  virtue  of  his  office,  is  a 
civil  official  and  can  not  qualify  as  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard 
solely  in  that  capacity.     Kecognition  will  be  extended  to  him  by  the 
War  Department  as  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  not  by  virtue 
of  his  civil  office,  but  by  qualifying  as  an  officer  of  the  adjutant 
general's  department  of  the  staff  corps  or  departments.  The  appointive 
power  of  a  State  or  Territory  may  exercise  its  power  of  appointment 
by  appointing  the  civil  adjutant  general  in  the  grade  authorized,  in 
the  adjutant  general's  department  of  the  National  Guard,  subject  to 
the  provisions  of  section  75,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  the  regulations 
thereunder.     Such  an  appointment,  however,  is  not  compulsory,  and 
if  it  be  made,  it  must  always  be  borne  in  mind  that  the  two  offices 
held  by  the  appointee  are  entirely  separate  and  distinct,  one  being 
civil  and  the  other  military. 

138.  The  tenure  of  the  civil  office  of  adjutant  general  depends 
upon  the  laws  of  the  State  or  Territory,  but  the  military  office  of  the 
adjutant  general's  department  is  not  affected  when  the  holder  thereof 
ceases  to  hold  the  civil  office  of  adjutant  general.     The  officer  may 
continue  as  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  in  the  adjutant  general's 
department,  if  desired  by  the  Governor  and  provided  there  is  a  vacancy, 
or  may,  upon  the  approval  of  the  War  Department,  be  transferred 
to  the  National  Guard  Reserve.     He  ceases  to  be  an  active  National 
Guard  officer  upon  reaching  the  age  of  64,  but  may  continue  be- 
yond that  age  in  the  civil  office  of  adjutant  general.     These  instruc- 
tions in  no  way  modify  authority  for  the  adjutant  general  of  a  State 
in  his  civil  capacity  to  wear  the  uniform  of  the  National  Guard. 
(Changes  No.  1,  Dec.  18, 1919.) 

139.  All  States  and  Territories  now  having  recognized  National 
Guard  units  will  be  entitled,  to  have  the  adjutant  general  recognized 
as  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  adjutant  general's  depart- 
ment, provided  the  requirements  of  law  or  regulations  concerning 
Federal  recognition  of  National  Guard  officers  are  complied  with. 
The  appointee  to  this  position  in  the  adjutant  general's  department 
shall  be  selected  from  the  eligible  classes  under  section  74,  act  of 
Congress  approved  June  3,   1916,  shall  be  physically  qualified  for 
active  service,  shall  have  had  prior  military  service,  and  shall  be 
within  the  age  limits  prescribed  for  his  grade. 

140.  Engineer  and  signal  officers  for  State  staff  corps  and  depart- 
ments are  not  authorized.     In  States  where  tactical  organizations 
of  not  less  than  one  battalion  of  signal  or  engineer  troops  are  main- 
tained as  part  of  the  National  Guard,  an  engineer  or  signal  officer 
may  be  detailed  from  line  organizations  of  the  engineer  and  signal 
corps  to  perform  the  necessary  duties  on  the  State  staff,  in  addition 
to  their  other  duties. 


NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  49 

141.  Officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the  staff  not  included  in  the  tables 
herewith  and  not  recognized  by  the  War  Department  as  pertaining 
to  the  staffs  of  tactical  organizations  are  not  considered  to  be  members 
of  the  National  Guard  within  the  meaning  of  the  law. 

142.  Officers  on  the  staff  of  the  Governor  not  detailed  from  Na- 
tional Guard  organizations  of  the  line  or  of  the  staff  corps  and  depart- 
ments are  not  a  part  of  the  National  Guard  under  existing  laws. 

143.  No  United  States  funds  can  be  used,  under  the  provisions  of 
section  109,  National  Defense  act,  for  pay  of  members  of  a  State  staff 
corps  and  department  for  administrative  and  instructional  work  in 
States  having  no  National  Guard,  or  in  States  which  have  not  com- 
plied with  the  last  paragraph  of  section  110,  act  of  June  3,  1916,. 
which  requires  that  officers  of  the  State  staff  corps  and  departments 
shall  have   had   prior   military   service.     Property   and   disbursing 
officers  in  States  having  no  National  Guard  may  be  paid  for  the 
performance  of  their  duties  as  such  at  rates  prescribed  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War.     (See  par.  645.) 

144.  The  following  table  gives  the  numbers  of  officers  and  enlisted 
men  authorized  for  the  various  State  staff  corps  and  departments. 

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54  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

E.  ORGANIZATION  OF  NEW  UNITS   AND   PROCEDURE  GOVERNING  THE 
EXTENDING  OF  FEDERAL  RECOGNITION  THERETO. 

145.  The  National  Guard  consists  of  the  regularly  enlisted  Militia 
between  the  ages  of  18  and  45  years,  and  of  commissioned  officers 
between  the  ages  of  21  and  64  years,  organized,  armed  and  equipped 
as  provided  for  in  these  regulations,  and  recognized  by  the  War 
Department  as  National  Guard  under  the  provisions  of  the  act  of 
Congress  of  June  3, 1916. 

146.  The  act  of  June  3,  1916,  is  designed  to  give  Federal  aid  and 
assistance  and  a  certain  amount  of  supervision  from  the  Federal 
Government,  in  the  organization  and  training  of  National  Guard  troops 
in  the  various  States,  with  a  view  of  providing  them  with  a  suitable 
military  force  for  emergency  use.     The  Federal  Government  retains 
the  right  to  call  the  National  Guard  into  Federal  service  when  nec- 
essary, and  to  prescribe  the  particular  unit  or  units  which  when  com- 
bined will  further  the  formation  of  higher  tactical  units. 

147.  State  troops  by  whatever  name  designated  and  officers  of 
such  forces,  as  well  as  officers  of  the  Organized  Militia  existing  prior 
to  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  are  not  a  part  of  the  National  Guard  as 
contemplated  by  that  act,  unless  they  have  specifically  qualified  for, 
and  have  received,  recognition  as  National  Guard  by  the  War  De- 
partment. 

148.  "Federal  recognition "  is  defined  as  the  acceptance  by  the 
Federal  Government  as  National  Guard,  of  officers  or   a   body   of 
enrolled  officers  and  men  who  have  complied  with  the  provisions  of 
the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  who  are  entitled  to  the  benefits  of  the  act. 

149.  Certain  conditions  set  forth  hereafter  are  requisite  for  Fed- 
eral recognition.     The  National  Guard  plan  does  not  extend  to  or 
embrace  the  organization  of  new  units,  with  no  armories,  no  group- 
ing of  personnel  according  to  localities,  and  no  probable  permanency 
of  existence,  but  contemplates  the  development  of  a  force,  equipped 
and  trained  as  far  as  possible  in  time  of  peace,  which  can  be  called 
upon  for  service  in  time  of  emergency. 

150.  Recognition  of  National  Guard  units  will  be  extended  by  the 
Militia  Bureau  upon  the  following  conditions: 

(a)  The  organization  shall  be  specifically  authorized  by  the  Militia 
Bureau. 

(&)  Suitable  armories  and  storage  facilities  shall  be  provided  by  the 
State  or  Territory.  This  extends  to  and  includes  stable  facilities  for 
mounted  troops  and  satisfactory  housing  for  vehicles  and  armaments. 

(c)  There  shall  be  proper  localization  of  units,  with  the  personnel 
drawn  from  the  immediate  vicinity. 

(d)  There  shall  be  a  reasonable  probability  that  the  organization 
can  be  maintained  for  a  period  of  years,  and  kept  alive  by  reenlist- 
ments  and  the  acquisition  of  recruits. 


NATIONAL  GTJAKD  REGULATIONS.  55 

(e)  There  shall  be  a  reasonable  certainty  of  the  necessary  number 
of  assemblies  for  drill  and  training  prescribed  by  the  War  Department. 

(f)  All  units  shall  be  organized  under  approved  Tables  of  Organi- 
zation, unless  general  exceptions  are  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  in  time  of  peace. 

(g)  Units  shall  be  recruited  to  the  strength  prescribed  by  the 
Militia  Bureau  as  necessary  for  Federal  recognition. 

No  new  units  will  be  inspected  for  recognition  unless  organized 
pursuant  to  authorization  from  the  Militia  Bureau  of  the  War  De- 
partment. 

151.  Men  should  not  be  recruited  for  the  National  Guard  and 
required  to  sign  the  Federal  enlistment  contract  under  section  70  of 
the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  3,  1916,  prior  to  the  authorization 
by  the  Militia  Bureau  of  the  particular  organization  to  which  these 
men  will  be  eventually  assigned. 

152.  Prior  to  the  receipt  of  Federal  recognition  as  National  Guard, 
an  organization  or  an  individual  belonging  thereto  has  the  status  of 
State  forces  not  yet  a  part  of  the  National  Guard.     (Changes  No.  1, 
December  18,  1919.) 

153.  (a)  After  units  have  been  allotted  to  a  State,  Territory,  or  the 
District  of  Columbia,  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia  concerned  will  advise  the  Chief  of  the  Militia 
Bureau  by  letter  of  the  units  it  is  desired  to  organize,  describing  them 
accurately. 

(b)  When  authority  has  been  extended  for  organization,  officers 
will  be  selected  or  appointed  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
section  74,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  within  the  age  limit  for  the  several 
grades  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  232  of  these  regulations.     While 
these  officers  will  not  be  extended  Federal  recognition  until  the  organi- 
zations to  which  they  belong  have  been  inspected  and  recognized  by  the 
War  Department,  any  such  officer  who,  according  to  State  statute, 
is  authorized  to  administer  oaths,  is  eligible  to  administer  the  oath 
of  office  to  officers  as  prescribed  in  section  73,  act  of  June  3,  1916, 
and  the  oath  of  enlistment  prescribed  in  section  70,  idem.     (Changes 
No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

(c)  The  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  will  then  cause  the  organization  to  be  inspected  by  an 
officer  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  to  determine 
whether  or  not  the  conditions  contemplated   by  law  for  Federal 
recognition  can  be  met  by  the  new  organizations  (par.  150,  supra). 

(d)  An  inspection  by  a  Regular  Army  officer  is  required  prior  to 
Federal  recognition.     When  a  State  is  ready  to  have  an  organization 
inspected  report  will  be  made  to  the  Militia  Bureau,  and  the  depart- 
ment commander  will  be  directed  by  the  War  Department  to  cause 
the  inspection  to  be  made.     The  inspector  will  verify  the  members 


56  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

from  the  enlistment  papers  (Form  22-1,  A.  G.  O.),  check  the  propor- 
tion of  one-year  and  three-year  enlistments,  and  see  that  all  the  men 
presented  have  been  properly  examined  physically  (Form  135-1, 
A.  G.  O.)  and  properly  enlisted,  and  that  their  general  appearance  is~ 
satisfactory.  He  will  make  such  inquiry  and  examination  of  the 
officers  as  will  enable  him  to  report  upon  their  qualifications  and  suit- 
ability for  the  grade  in  which  they  have  been  commissioned,  and  will 
report  his  conclusions  on  each  officer  under  head  of  " Remarks"  on 
Form  113,  M.  B.  He  will  base  his  recommendation  as  to  recognition 
upon  compliance  by  the  organization  with  the  conditions  set  forth 
above.  Should  the  result  of  his  inspection  justify  Federal  recogni- 
tion, the  inspector  will,  upon  its  conclusion,  administer  the  dual 
oath,  unless  there  is  conclusive  proof  that  the  enlistment  oath  has 
been  administered  by  a  National  Guard  officer  who  has  been  extended 
Federal  recognition  by  the  Militia  Bureau,  or  by  a  State  military 
officer  who  lias  not  yet  received  Federal  recognition  but  who,  under 
the  statutes  of  the  particular  State,  is  authorized  to  administer  oaths. 
Upon  completion  of  the  inspection  the  inspecting  officer  will  mail  his 
report  (Form  113,  M.  B.),  with  a  complete  roster  of  the  company, 
troop,  battery  or  detachment  (Form  104,  M.  B.)  and  his  recom- 
mendations, together  with  the  following,  to  the  department  comman- 
der for  transmission  to  the  Militia  Bureau : 

(1)  Accomplished  Form  95,  Militia  Bureau,  for  all  officers; 

(2)  Accomplished  Form  92,  Militia  Bureau,  for  all  officers  of  the 
Medical,  Dental,  and  Veterinary  Corps ; 

(3)  Accomplished  Form  108,  Militia  Bureau,  for  all  officers  not  enu- 
merated in  (2) ; 

(4)  Two  letters  of  recommendation  as  to  the  character,  morals,  and 
habits  of  each  applicant  for  original  Federal  recognition. 

(5)  Notice  of  appointment  of  each  applicant  for  Federal  recognition. 

(6)  Accomplished  Oath  of  Office   (Form  337-1,  A.  G.   0.)   for  all 
officers. 

On  Form  No.  113,  W.  D.,  M.  B.,  under  the  heading  "Remarks," 
information  concerning  the  administration  of  the  dual  oath  should 
be  set  forth  fully.  The  name  or  names  of  the  National  Guard  officer 
or  officers  administering  the  oaths  will  be  stated.  (Changes  No.  1, 
December  18,  1919.) 

(e)  The  Militia  Bureau  will  carefully  examine  such  report  and  recom- 
mendations as  are  made  by  the  inspector,  and  if  the  organization  com- 
plies with  the  requirements  of  law,  the  Secretary  of  War  will  send, 
through  the  Militia  Bureau,  a  notification  to  the  State  and  to  the  de- 
partment headquarters  that  the  organization  inspected  has  been  recog- 
nized as  National  Guard. 

(/)  Before  receiving  final  Federal  recognition  officers  will  be  re- 
quired to  pass  such  portion  of  the  examination  prescribed  by  the 


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Militia  Bureau  as  may  be  deemed  expedient,  which  portion  will  in 
general  include  an  inquiry  into  the  candidate's  antecedents,  morals, 
and  character,  educational  opportunities  and  qualifications,  business 
and  professional  experience,  conduct,  efficiency,  and  soldierly  habits 
while  a  member  of  the  Regular,  Militia,  or  Volunteer  forces,  and  his 
probable  efficiency  and  aptitude  for  the  service.  The  elementary  and 
professional  examination  will  be  completed  when  practicable. 

154.  The  most  common  errors  noted  at  Federal  inspections  for 
recognition  are  the  following:  (a)  presentation  of  a  company  not 
properly  organized,  sometimes  lacking  required  officers,  noncommis- 
sioned officers,  etc.;  (ft)  naming  of  officers  not  qualified  by  law  (see 
section  74,'  act  of  June  3,  1916);  (c)  the  enlistment  of  boys  under 
eighteen  years  of  age ;  (d)  same  as  to  men  over  forty-five  (except  reen- 
listment);  (e)  lack  of  record  of  physical  competence  of  personnel; 
(/)  failure  to  complete  Form  108,  M.  B.,  for  each  officer,  except 
officers  of  Medical  Department.     In  case  of  latter,  Form  92,  M.  B.,  is 
required.     (Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

155.  Requisitions  for  supplies  for  new  organizations,  except  for 
necessary  blank  forms,  can  not  be  honored  until  the  organization  has 
first  been  authorized,  inspected,  and  recognized  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment as  National  Guard.     (Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

156.  Recognition  may  be  extended  to  units  as  small  as  a  separate 
company. 

157.  Headquarters,  machine-gun,  and  supply  companies  or  troops 
will  not  be  organized  unless  specially  authorized  or  a  complete  regi- 
ment has  been  authorized  by  the  Militia  Bureau. 

158.  Field  officers  and  corresponding  staff  officers  will  not  be  recog- 
nized as  such  until  all  the  component  parts  of  the  commands  to  which 
they  pertain  are  inspected  and  accepted;  State  staff  officers  will  be 
recognized  as  needed,  provided  at  least  one  National  Guard  unit  has 
been  recognized  hi  the  State. 

159.  There  is,  however,  no  objection  to  a  field  or  staff  officer,  who 
can  not  be  recognized  immediately,  presenting  himself  to  an  inspector 
at  any  time  with  the  understanding  that  formal  recognition  will  be 
deferred  until  his  corresponding  unit  has  qualified  and  has  been 
accepted. 

160.  In  applying  for  authority  to  organize  new  units  of  National 
Guard,  and  for  subsequent  inspection  for  Federal  recognition,  such 
action  will  be  expressly  understood  by  the  War  Department  as  being 
in  strict  compliance  with  the  foregoing  policy,  and  the  adjutants 
general  of  all  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  will  be 
governed  accordingly. 


ARTICLE  V. 
THE  NATIONAL  GUARD  RESERVE. 

161.  The  National  Guard  Reserve  of  each  State,  Territory,  and 
the  District  of  Columbia  shall  consist  of  officers  transferred   and 
appointed  thereto,  of  soldiers  furloughed  thereto  under  the  six-year 
contract  of  enlistment  entered  into  prior  to  July  11,   1919,  and  of 
soldiers  enlisted  therein  pursuant  to  section  78,  act  of  June  3,  1916. 
No  enlistments  shall  be  made  in  the  National  Guard  Reserve  until 
authorization  is  extended  by  the  Secretary  of  War.     (Changes  No.  1, 
December  18,  1919.) 

162.  The  Reserve  consists  of  the  following  classes: 

(a)  The  assigned  Reserve,  comprising  enlisted  men  assigned  as 
reserves  to  active  organizations. 

(5)  The  unassigned  Reserve,  comprising  enlisted  men  not  assigned 
as  reserves  to  active  organizations  and  all  reserve  officers. 

163.  Members  of  the  assigned  National  Guard  Reserve  shall  be 
required  to  attend  field  training  and  will  be  considered  in  computing 
the  minimum  strength  required  for  participation  in  field  training. 

164.  The  records  of  all  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  unassigned 
National  Guard  Reserve  shall  be  kept  by  the  adjutant  general  of 
the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,     Records  of  assigned 
reservists  will  be  kept  by  the  commanding  officers  of  the  organiza- 
tions to  which  they  are  assigned. 

165.  Every  officer  and  enlisted  man  of  the  unassigned  National 
Guard  Reserve  will  report  his  address,  preferably  by  postal  card, 
on  the  last  day  of  March,  June,  September,  and  December  of  each 
year  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  of  which  he  is  a  reservist  and  will  in  addition  report 
each  change  of  address. 

166.  The  adjutant  general  of  each  State,  Territory,  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  will  render  a  quarterly  return  of  the  unassigned 
National  Guard  Reserve  of  his  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  to  the  department  commander  for  transmission  to  the 
Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau.     This  return  will  be  made  on  a  form 
furnished  by  the  Chief  of  Militia  Bureau  and  in  accordance  with  the 
directions  printed  on  the  form.     Whenever  an  officer  is  transferred 
or  appointed  to  or  removed  from  the  National  Guard  Reserve  a 
report  of  the  name,  rank,  arm,  department,  or  corps,  and  of  the  date 
of   transfer,   appointment,   or  removal  will  similarly  be  made   on 
Form  No.  105,  M.  B. 

167.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  unassigned  National  Guard 
Reserve,  upon  their  own  request,  may  be  authorized  by  the  Secretary 
of  War  to  attend  camps  with  active  organizations  of  the  National 

58 


NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS.  59 

Guard,  but  not  as  members  of  such  organizations,  for  not  to  exceed 
15  days  each  year  for  field  or  coast-defense  training.  When  engaged 
in  field  or  coast-defense  training  with  active  organizations  they 
will  be  attached  thereto  or  organized  into  provisional  units  as  reserv- 
ists, and  in  no  case  will  they  be  counted  as  forming  any  part  of  the 
minimum  strength  required  by  the  War  Department  for  the  attend- 
ance of  active  organizations  for  field  or  coast-defense  training. 
When  engaged  in  field  and  coast-defense  training  with  the  active 
organizations  of  the  National  Guard  they  shall  receive  the  same 
basic  Federal  pay  and  allowances  as  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  like 
grade  on  the  active  list  of  the  National  Guard. 

168.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  assigned  and  unassigned 
National  Guard  Reserve,  upon  their  own  request,  may  be  authorized 
to  attend  the  armory  instruction  of  active  organizations,  but  they 
will  not  form  any  part  of  the  minimum  strength  of  attendance 
required  by  the  War  Department  at  such  instruction  nor  be  entitled 
to  armory  pay  or  allowances. 

169.  In  tune  of  peace  the  National  Guard  Reserve  shall  not  be 
organized  into  tactical  or  other  units,  except  for  temporary  purposes 
during  field  or  coast-defense  training. 

170.  An    unassigned  list,    a  retired  list,  or  similar  list    has  no 
Federal  status  within  the  law  and  National  Guard  officers  can  not 
be  transferred  or  assigned  to  an  unassigned  list  and  retain  Federal 
recognition. 

171.  Officers  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  are  obtained  from  the 
following  classes: 

(a)  In  time  of  peace  officers  may,  upon  their  own  application, 
be  transferred  to  the  National  Guard  Reserve  after  completing  three 
years  commissioned  service  in  an  active  organization  of  the  National 
Guard,  including  commissioned  service  in  the  United  States  Army, 
and  such  officers  shall  have  precedence  over  reserve  officers  who 
have  not  had  such  service,  in  drafting  officers  to  active  organizations 
in  time  of  war  under  the  provisions  of  section  79,  act  of  June  3,  1916. 
Officers  of  less  than  three  years  service  with  an  active  organization 
shall  not  be  transferred  to  the  National  Guard  Reserve  except  in 
cases  where  the  active  organizations  to  which  they  are  assigned 
have  been  disbanded. 

(&)  Upon  the  disbanding  of  an  organization  of  the  National 
Guard,  authorized  by  the  Militia  Bureau,  all  commissioned  officers 
qualified  for  active  service,  except  those  transferred  or  assigned  to 
active  units,  will  be  transferred  in  the  grade  in  which  they  are  com- 
missioned to  the  National  Guard  Reserve. 

(c)  When  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  civilians  who  have 
served  with  credit  as  commissioned  officers  of  the  United  States 
Army,  between  April  6,  1917,  and  November  11,  1918,  and  who  have 


60  NATIONAL    GUAKD    REGULATIONS. 

not  been  discharged  for  inefficiency  or  physical  disability,  may  be 
appointed  as  officers  in  the  National  Guard  Reserve  in  the  arm, 
corps,  or  department  and  grade  in  which  they  were  serving,  or  in 
another  arm,  corps,  or  department  when  the  applicant  presents 
satisfactory  evidence  of  having  special  qualifications  therefor,  subject 
to  the  limiting  age  of  fifty-nine  years;  such  appointments  may  be 
made  in  the  grade  up  to  and  including  that  held  by  the  officer  at  the 
time  of  discharge  and  may  be  made  in  the  next  higher  grade  than  that 
held  at  time  of  discharge  when  the  termination  of  hostilities  pre- 
vented a  promotion  which  had  been  definitely  recommended:  Pro- 
vided, That  no  appointment  of  officers  in  the  National  Guard  Reserve 
will  be  made  in  grade  higher  than  colonel  except  in  the  case  of  officers 
of  the  line  or  other  branches  who  may  be  specially  authorized  by  the 
Secretary  of  War.  (Changes  No.  1,  Dec.  18,  1919.) 

(d)  Former  officers  of  the  National  Guard  who  have  served  for 
three  or  more  years  may  be  appointed  to  the  National  Guard  Reserve 
within  six  months  from  date  of  separation. 

(e)  Civilians  may  be  appointed  to  commissions  in  the  National 
Guard  Reserve  for  the  Engineer  and  Signal  Corps,  if  they  are  within 
the  required  age  limits  for  their  grades  and  qualify  by  examination 
for  the  particular  technical  branch.     This  examination  shall  be  the 
same  as  that  specified  for  active  officers. 

(/)  Civilians  may  be  appointed  to  commissions  in  the  National 
Guard  Reserve  for  staff  corps  and  departments,  viz,  adjutant  general, 
inspector  general,  judge  advocate  general,  quartermaster  corps,  ord- 
nance department,  and  medical  department,  provided  they  have 
prior  military  service  in  the  United  States  Army,  Marine  Corps,  or 
National  Guard,  are  within  the  prescribed  age  limits  for  their  grades, 
and  pass  the  required  examination. 

172.  Rescinded.   (Changes  No.  1,  Dec.  18,  1919.) 

173.  No  approval  will  issue  for  the  appointment  of  an  officer  to  the 
National  Guard  Reserve  without  the  submission  of  his  personal  and 
military   history,    and    other   recommendations    and    evidences    of 
efficiency  on  Form  No.  108,  Militia  Bureau. 

174.  Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  171  (c),  no  approval  will  issue 
for  the  original  appointment  of  a  second  lieutenant  in  the  National 
Guard  Reserve  after  he  shall  have  reached  the  age  of  36  years,  a  first 
lieutenant  after  the  age  of  40  years,  a  captain  after  the  age  of  45  years, 
and  a  major  after  the  age  of  50  years.    (Changes  No.  1,  Dec.  18, 1919.) 

175.  The  age  limit  for  appointment  in  the  National  Guard  Reserve 
may  be  waived  by  the  War  Department  upon  application,  provided 
that  special  aptitude,  qualification,  and  physical  fitness  for  special 
service  in  the  line,  staff  corps,  or   department  concerned  is  clearly 
established. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  61 

176.  No  applicant  will  be  examined  for  commission  in  the  National 
Guard  Reserve  if  it  appears  that,  due  to  the  age  limits,  he  will  have 
less  than  one  year  to  serve  in  the  grade  which  he  seeks. 

177.  If  the  applicant  is  an  employee  or  is  under  the  control  of  any 
department  of  the  Federal  Government,   the  application  shall  be 
submitted  through  the  head  of  such  department. 

178.  When  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  shall  have 
reached  the  maximum  age  limit  fixed  for  appointment  or  reappoint- 
ment  in  the  grade  in  which  commissioned,  unless  recommissioned  in  a 
higher  grade,  he  shall  be  honorably  discharged  from  the  National 
Guard  Reserve;  he  will  be  entitled  to  retain  his  official  title  and  on 
occasions  of  ceremony  to  wear  the  uniform  of  the  highest  grade  he 
held  in  the  National  Guard  Reserve. 

179.  Upon  application  he  may  be  examined  for  reappointment  in 
the  next  higher  grade  and  if  successful  be  commissioned  in  said  grade. 
The  examination  for  appointment  shall  be  the  same  as  that  pre- 
scribed for  officers  on  the  active  list  of  the  National  Guard. 

180.  Officers  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  can  not  become  mem- 
bers of  the  active  National  Guard  in  time  of  peace,  except  by  appoint- 
ment.    Their  status  as  reserve  officers  provides  eligibility  only  for 
appointment  to  the  active  list  (sec.  74,  act  of  June  3,  1916).     They 
may  be  drafted  in  tune  of  war  for  the  Reserve  battalions  for  recruit 
training  under  section  79,  act  of  June  3,  1916.     They  may  engage  in 
field  training  or  coast  defense  training  with  the  active  National 
Guard  when  authorized  by  proper  authority. 

181.  All  officers  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  will  be  discharged 
upon  reaching  the  age  of  64  years.     They  will  be  entitled  to  wear  the 
uniform  as  authorized  for  former  officers  of  the  National  Guard 
Reserve  in  paragraph  178. 

182.  Officers  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  may,  upon  their  own 
request,  and  in  the  discretion  of  the  governor  of  their  State  or  Terri- 
tory, or  of  the  President  for  the  District  of  Columbia,  be  appointed 
to  vacancies  in  the  active  organizations  with  the  rank  held  by  them 
as  reserve  officers.     In  tune  of  peace,  the  age  of  an  officer  so  appointed 
shall  not  exceed  the  maximum  age  limit  prescribed  for  appointment 
to  the  next  higher  grade  hi  the  active  National  Guard.     All  officers 
so  appointed  shall  qualify  under  the  same  examination  as  prescribed 
for  officers  on  the  active  list* 

183.  Officers  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  shall  be  examined 
physically  each  year  as  required  for  officers  of  the  National  Guard, 
and  like  reports  will  be  made  in  each  case.     (See  par.  220.) 

184.  Officers  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  are  authorized  to 
wear,  on  official  occasions,  the  uniform  of  the  grade  actually  held 
by  them  in  such  reserve. 


62  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

185.  Commissions  of  officers  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  may  be 
vacated  as  in  the  case  of  officers  of  the  National  Guard. 

186.  At  any  time,   the  moral   character,   capacity,   and   general 
fitness  for  service  of  any  officer  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  may 
be  determined  by  an  efficiency  board  as  in  the  case  of  an  officer  of  the 
National  Guard. 

187.  Officers  of  the  National  Guard,  both  active  and  reserve,  may 
be  examined  for  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps  of  the  Regular  Army, 
provided  their  applications  for  examination  are  approved  by  the 
governor  of  the  State  or  Territory  or  by  the  commanding  general, 
District  of  Columbia  Militia.     They  can  not  be  commissioned  as 
officers  of  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps  until  receipt  of  evidence  of 
their  separation  from  the  National  Guard. 

188.  Officers  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  will  rank  according  to 
grade  and  to  length  of  service  in  grade. 

189.  The  enlisted  Reserve  consists  of  enlisted  men  who  have  been 
furloughed  to  the  Reserve  under  the  six  year  contract  of  enlistment 
entered  into  prior  to  July  11,  1919,  and  of  those  men  regularly  enlisted 
in  the  Reserve  under  the  authorization  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 
(Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

190.  Enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  may  be  assigned 
as  reserves  to  active  organizations  when  authorized  by  the  War 
Department  in  order  to  fill  such  organizations  to  the  strength  required 
by  Tables  of  Organization. 

191.  Members  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  assigned  to  organ- 
izations under  provisions  of  paragraph  190  will  not  be  placed  on 
active  duty  nor  be  entitled  to  Federal  pay  and  allowances  except 
under  a  call  or  draft  by  the  Federal  Government  or  when  engaged 
in  field  or  coast  defense  training. 

192.  When  members  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  are  attached 
to  active  organizations  for  the  purpose  of  field  or  coast  defense  train- 
ing they  will  receive  the  pay  and  allowances  of  enlisted  men  of  the 
National  Guard  of  like  grade. 

193.  WTien  members  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  are  drafted 
into  the  United  States  service  they  will  report  in  the  grade  of  private, 
to  take  effect  on  the  date  of  reporting  for  duty. 

194.  Members  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  assigned   to  any 
particular  unit  who  remove  from  the  vicinity  of  their  organization 
will  be  transferred  to  the  unassigned  National  Guard  Reserve  and 
their  papers  forwarded  to  the  State  adjutant  general;  the  vacated 
positions  in  the  organization  must  be  immediately  filled. 

195.  Members  of  the  unassigned  National  Guard  Reserve  who  make 
a  permanent  change  of  residence  to  another  State  will  be  discharged 
upon  presentation  of  satisfactory  evidence  that  the  change  of  resi- 
dence is  bona  fide  and  of  a  permanent  character. 

196.  In  the  case  of  the  death  of  an  unassigned  reservist,  a  note  of 
this  fact  will  be  made  on  the  copy  of  the  reservist's  descriptive  card 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  63 

by  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of 
Columbia.  The  death  of  an  assigned  reservist  will  be  reported  as 
prescribed  by  Army  Regulations. 

197.  Reservists  during  their  term  of  service  as  such  will  be  per- 
mitted to  enlist  in  the  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  upon  the  au- 
thority of  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  but  they  shall  be  discharged  from  the  National  Guard 
Reserve  prior  to  such  enlistment. 

198.  Enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard,  both  active  and  reserve, 
if  citizens  of  the  United  States,  are  eligible  for  examination  for  com- 
missions in  the  National  Guard  Reserve  after  completing  three  years' 
active  service  in  the  United  States  Army,  the  Marine  Corps,  or  the 
National  Guard,  or  service  in  any  two,  or  all,  of  those  branches  which 
will  total  three  years.     They  will  not  be  discharged  for  the  purpose  of 
accepting  such  commissions  without  the  express  authority  of  the  War 
Department. 

199.  Enlisted  members  of  the  National  Guard,  both  active  and 
reserve,  may  be  examined  for  commissions  in  the  Officers'  Reserve 
Corps  of  the  Regular  Army,  and  notified  of  the  results  of  such  exami- 
nations.    They  will  be  held  eligible  for  the  commissions  for  which 
they  shall  have  been  recommended,  and  will  be  honorably  discharged 
from  the  National  Guard  on  the  date  of  formal  acceptance  of  the  com- 
mission in  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps.     (Changes  No.  1,  December  18, 
1919.) 

200.  Any  officer  having  knowledge  of  the  fact  that  a  reservist,  is 
imprisoned  under  sentence  of  a  civil  court  will  report  the  case  to  the 
adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

201.  Enlisted  men  of  the  unassigned  National  Guard  Reserve  shall 
be  discharged  and  furnished  with  the  necessary  discharge  certificates 
signed  by  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  concerned  whenever  they  become  entitled  to  such  dis- 
charge under  the  regulations  prescribed  by  the  President.     Enlisted 
men  of  the  assigned  National  Guard  Reserve  will  be  furnished  with 
discharge  certificates  by  the  organization  commander  to  which  they 
are  assigned  as  reservists. 

202.  When  members  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  have  been 
brought  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  in  tune  of  war,  or  when 
they  are  authorized  to  engage  in  field  or  coast  defense  training,  each 
officer  and  enlisted  man  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve,  as  soon  as 
practicable  after  reporting  personally  under  the  summons  or  author- 
ity, will  be  examined  physically  by  a  medical  officer  of  the  Regular 
Army  or  of  the  National  Guard  on  duty  at  the  place  of  training  or 
mobilization.    In  case  he  is  found  to  be  physically  disqualified  for 
the  kind  of  service  that  would  be  required  of  him  in  tune  of  war,  he 
will  at  once  be  relieved  from  further  field  training  or  mobilization  and 
returned  to  his  home.     Steps  will  then  be  taken  for  his  discharge  on 


64  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

certificate  of  disability  in  accordance  with  the  regulations  governing 
discharges  in  such  cases,  when  reporting  under  call  or  draft,  by  Fed- 
eral authority ;  when  reporting  for  field  training  or  other  State  service, 
by  the  State  authorities. 

203.  Arms,  ammunition,  and  equipment  for  enlisted  men  of  the 
unassigned  National  Guard  Reserve  during  authorized  field  training 
will  be  furnished  by  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia  concerned.     They  will  be  issued  by  staff 
officers  at  places  selected  for  this  purpose  or  by  organization  com- 
manders.    The  value  of  any  articles  lost  or  rendered  unserviceable 
through  fault  or  neglect  will  be  deducted  from  any  pay  due  or  to  be- 
come due  to  the  officer  or  soldier  found  responsible.     The  assigned 
National  Guard  reservists  will  be  armed  and  equipped  by  the  organi- 
zation to  which  they  are  assigned. 

204.  Each  enlisted  man  of  the  unassigned  National  Guard  Reserve 
upon  reporting  for  field  or  coast  defense  training  will  be  furnished  by 
the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia concerned  with  the  following  clothing:  1  service  hat,  1  hat  cord, 
2  olive-drab  flannel  shirts,  1  pair  of  service  breeches,  1  pair  leggins,  1 
pair  of  russet  shoes  (unless  he  brings  a  pair  of  shoes  of  uniform  type). 

The  above  articles  will  be  issued  to  the  reservist  when  he  reports 
at  the  place  designated  for  such  issue.  These  articles  will  remain 
the  property  of  the  United  States  and  at  the  end  of  each  period  of 
training  will  be  turned  in  to  the  proper  officer  of  the  State,  Territory, 
or  District  of  Columbia  designated  to  receive  them.  When  necessary, 
they  will  be  cleaned  and  renovated  before  reissue.  The  value  of  the 
shoes  issued  may  be  charged  against  the  reservist  on  the  pay  rolls 
and  become  his  property. 

205.  In  case  of  loss  or  destruction  of,  or  damage  to,  any  of  the  arti- 
cles so  issued,  the  articles  lost,  destroyed,  or  damaged  shall  be  replaced 
by  issue  to  the  reservist  and  the  value  thereof  deducted  from  any  pay 
due  or  to  become  due  him,  unless  it  shall  be  made  to  appear  that  such 
loss,  destruction,  or  damage  was  not  due  to  neglect  or  other  fault  on 
his  part.     Any  clothing  issued  to  reservists  which  shall  have  become 
unserviceable  through  ordinary  wear  and  tear  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States  shall  be  received  back  by  the  State,  Territory,  or  the 
District  of  Columbia,   and  serviceable  like  articles  issued  in  lieu 
thereof. 

206.  The  adjutant  general  of  a  State  will  forward  the  descriptive 
card  or  service  record  of  the  reservists  not  enlisted  in  or  assigned  to 
organizations  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  camp  where  the  re- 
servists are  sent  for  field  training  or  mobilization,  and  when  the  de- 
scriptive cards  have  served  their  purpose  they  will  be  indorsed  with 
the  date  of  last  payment,  or  other  action  taken,  and  returned  to  the 


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adjutant  general  of  the  State.  The  records  of  reservists  enlisted  for 
or  assigned  to  particular  organizations  will  be  kept  in  their  organiza- 
tions until  the  reservists  are  transferred  or  are  discharged  at  which 
time  the  records  will  be  forwarded  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the 
State. 

207.  When  attending  camp  for  field  or  coast  defense  training, 
officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  unassigned  National  Guard  Keserve 
will  be  paid  on  detachment  rolls  and  not  on  rolls  of  any  active  organi- 
zation.    Upon  mobilization  in  case  of  war,  they  will  be  paid  on  the 
rolls  of  the  organizations  to  which  assigned. 

208.  The  adjutant  general  of  each  State  or  Territory  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  will  direct  each  officer  and  enlisted  man  of  the  un- 
assigned National  Guard  Reserve  brought  into  active  service  in  time 
of  war  to  report  at  a  designated  place.     Transportation  requests  will 
be  mailed  to  his  last  reported  address  without  waiting  for  acknowledg- 
ment of  the  summons. 

209.  Upon  reporting  for  service  in  time  of  war,  reservists  will  be 
armed,  equipped,  and  clothed  for  field  service  according  to  the  arm, 
corps,   or    department    to  which    they    are    assigned    for    service. 
Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  unassigned  National  Guard  Reserve 
may  be  called  to  active  service  with  any  arm,  but,  as  far  as  practicable, 
they  shall  be  called  to  serve  with  the  organization,  arm,  department, 
or  corps  to  which  they  belonged  during  the  period  of  active  service. 

RESERVE  BATTALIONS. 

210.  When  members  of  the  National  Guard  and  the  enlisted  re- 
serve thereof  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  shall 
have  been  brought  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  in  time  of 
war,  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  shall  immediately  organize,  from  the  unassigned  enlisted 
Reserve,  or  from  the  unorganized  militia,  in  such  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia,  1  reserve  battalion  for  each  regiment  of 
Infantry  or  Cavalry  or  each  9  batteries  of  Field  Artillery  or  each  12 
companies  of  Coast  Artillery  brought  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States,  and  such  reserve  battalion  shall  constitute  the  fourth  bat- 
talion of  any  such  regiment  or  9  batteries  of  Field  Artillery  or  12 
companies  of  Coast  Artillery.     Where  the  active  organizations  of 
the  National  Guard  brought  into  the  service  of  the  United  States, 
from  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  shall  be  less 
than  one  regiment  of  Infantry  or  Cavalry  or  9  batteries  of  Field  Ar- 
tillery or  12  companies  of  Coast  Artillery,  the  Reserve  units  to  be 
organized  in  such  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  shall  be 
proportional  to  one  battalion  for  a  regiment  of  Infantry  or  Cavalry, 
or  9  batteries  of  Field  Artillery,  or  12  companies  of  Coast  Artillery. 

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66  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

211.  Reserve  battalions  shall  consist  of  battalion  or  squadron  head- 
quarters and  four  companies,  troops,  or  batteries  of  the  war  strength 
and  of  the  same  organization  as  is  prescribed  for  battalion  or  squad- 
ron headquarters  and  for  companies,  troops,  or  batteries  of  the  re- 
spective arms  of  the  Regular  Army. 

212.  If  for  any  reason  there  shall  not  be  enough  unassigned  reserv- 
ists or  enough  voluntary  enlistments  to  organize  or  to  keep  the  Re- 
serve battalions  at  the  prescribed  strength,  a  sufficient  number  of 
the  unorganized  militia  shall  be  drafted  by  the  President  into  the 
service  of  the  United  States  to  maintain  such  battalion  or  other  lesser 
Reserve  unit  at  the  prescribed  strength.     The  object  of  such  Reserve 
battalions  or  other  lesser  Reserve  units  is  to  train  recruits  and  to 
replace  losses  or  to  fill  vacancies  in  active  organizations. 

213.  As  vacancies  occur  from  death  or  other  causes  in  any  organi- 
zation in  active  service  of  the  United  States  and  composed  of  men 
taken  from  the  National  Guard,  officers  and  enlisted  men  shall  be 
transferred  from  the  Reserve  battalions  or  other  lesser  Reserve  units 
to  the  organizations  in  the  field,  so  that  such  organizations  may  be 
maintained  at  war  strength. 

214.  Officers  for  the  Reserve  battalions  or  other  lesser  Reserve 
units  shall  be  drafted  by  the  President  from  the  National  Guard 
Reserve  or  Coast  Artillery  companies  of  the  National  Guard  or  the 
Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  such  officers  to  be  taken,  if  practicable,  from 
the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  in  which  the  Reserve 
battalions  or  lesser  Reserve  units  shall  be  organized. 

215.  Each  regimental  or  other  corresponding  commander  of  an 
active  organization  will  requisition,  through  channels,  upon  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  depot  at  which  the  Reserve  unit  of  his  organi- 
zation is  located  for  such  officers  and  enlisted  men  as  are  required  to 
replace  wastage.     When  directed  by  higher  authority,  the  command- 
ing officer  of  the  depot  will  select  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  re- 
quired from  the  Reserve  units  and  will  arrange  for  the  journey  and 
issue  the  necessary  travel  orders  for  the  persons  so  selected  to  join 
the  active  command. 

216.  The  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer  in  charge  of  each  such 
detachment  shall  carry  with  him  a  complete  roll  of  the  detachment 
and  a  descriptive  card  of  each  officer  and  enlisted  man,  all  of  which 
will  be  delivered  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  active  organization 
to  which  assignment  has  been  or  is  to  be  made.     The  commanding 
officer  of  the  depot  will  forward  a  copy  of  the  roll  to  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army. 

217.  Officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  of  active  organizations 
returned  to  their  home  stations  by  furlough,  leaves,  or  any  other 


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proper  authority,  because  of  their  inability  to  perform  active  field 
service,  and  all  such  persons  discharged  from  hospitals  near  their 
home  stations,  will  be  directed  to  report  at  the  proper  time  to  the 
commanding  officer  of  the  depot  where  the  Reserve  unit  of  their  regi- 
ment or  other  corresponding  command  is  located,  and  they  will  be 
assigned  by  such  commanding  officer  to  Reserve  battalions  or  other 
lesser  Reserve  units. 

218.  Reserve  battalions  and  other  lesser  Reserve  units  shall  be 
armed,  uniformed,  and  equipped,  as  far  as  practicable,  as  shall  be 
prescribed  for  the  Regular  Army. 

219.  When  officers  and  enlisted  men  are  sent  from  Reserve  bat- 
talions or  other  lesser  Reserve  units  to  fill  vacancies  in  active  organi- 
zations such  officers  and  enlisted  men  shall  be  sent  fully  uniformed, 
armed,  and  equipped  for  the  service  that  will  be  required  of  them* 


ARTICLE  VI. 

APPOINTMENTS,  EXAMINATIONS,  PROMOTIONS  OF 
COMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 

220.  Every  officer  of  the  National  Guard  shall  be  examined  physi- 
cally each  year  by  a  medical  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  or  the  Na- 
tional Guard  and  a  report  rendered  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau 
on  forms  prescribed  by  the  War  Department  (Form  378-1,  A.  G.  O.); 
all  defects,  whether  disqualifying  or  not,  will  be  carefully  recorded. 
In  case  of  disqualification  for  active  military  service,   the  reason 
therefor  will  be  fully  set  forth. 

221.  Persons  who  may  be  commissioned  on  and  after  June  3,  1916, 
as  officers  of  the  National  Guard,  shall  not  be  recognized  as  such 
under  any  of  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3, 
1916,  unless  they  shall  have  successfully  passed  the  tests  prescribed 
herein  as  to  then"  physical,  moral  and  professional  fitness  and  shall 
have  taken  and  subscribed  to  the  oath  of  office  provided  by  the 
foregoing  act. 

222.  Under  the  provisions  of  section  75  of  the  act  of  Congress  ap- 
proved June  3,  1916,  and  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  governor 
of  a  State  or  Territory,  or  of  the  commanding  general  of  the  District 
of  Columbia  Militia,  the  tests  for  moral  and  professional  fitness  may 
be  waived  by  the  War  Department  upon  application  in  the  case  of 
officers  appointed  in  the  National  Guard  who  have  held  commissions 
as  officers  of  the  United  States  Army  or  Marine  Corps  and  who 
have  served  creditably,  have  not  been  discharged  for  incompetency 
or  physical  defects,  and  who  have  been  honorably  separated  from  the 
United  States  Army  or  Marine  Corps  since  April  6,  1917;  Provided, 
That  such  appointees  are  appointed  in  the  National  Guard  to  the 
same  branch  and  in  the  same  or  lower  grades  as  those  in  which  they 
served  in  the  United  States  Army  or  Marine  Corps  and  are  appointed 
in  the  National  Guard  within  one  year  from  the  date  of  separation 
from  the  United  States  Army  or  Marine  Corps. 

223.  Persons  commissioned  as  officers  in  the  National  Guard  after 
June  3,  1916,  shall  not  be  recognized  as  such  under  any  of  the  pro- 
visions of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  unless  they  shall  have  been  selected 
from  the  following  classes:  Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  National 
Guard;  officers  of  the  reserve  or  unassigned  list  of  the  National  Guard; 
officers,  active  or  retired,  and  former  officers  of  the  United  States 
Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps;  graduates  of  the  United  States  Mili- 

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NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  69 

tary  and  Naval  Academies,  and  graduates  of  schools,  colleges,  and 
universities  where  military  science  was  taught  them  under  the  su- 
pervision of  an  officer  of  the  Regular  Army,  and  for  the  technical 
branches  and  staff  corps  or  departments  such  other  civilians  as  may 
be  specially  qualified  for  duty  therein. 

224.  Officers  of  the  Reserve  Corps,  United  States  Army,  are  not 
eligible  for  appointment  in  the  National  Guard,  active  or  reserve, 
while  members  of  such  Reserve  Corps. 

225.  When  a  vacancy  occurs  in  any  commissioned  grade  of  the 
National  Guard,  except  when  in  Federal  service  under  draft,  the 
appointing  authority  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  National  Guard  of 
the  District  of  Columbia,  where  such  vacancy  exists,  will  appoint  an 
eligible  person  to  fill  the  vacant  grade. 

The  papers  enumerated  from  (1)  to  (6),  inclusive,  in  paragraph 
153  (d)  will  be  forwarded  direct  to  the  Militia  Bureau  in  each  case. 

Officers  so  appointed  will  be  authorized  to  report  for  examina- 
tion at  such  a  time  and  at  such  places  as  may  be  designated  in  each 
case,  and  as  near  their  homes  as  practicable.  The  examination  will 
be  conducted  by  a  board,  appointed  by  the  department  commander 
in  cooperation  with  the  State  authorities.  Except  for  the  exam- 
ination of  officers  of  the  Medical  Corps,  an  examining  board  will 
consist  of  three  officers,  one  from  the  Medical  Corps,  selected 
without  regard  to  rank,  and  two,  chosen  when  practicable,  from  the 
corps,  department,  or  arm  to  which  the  officer  being  examined  be- 
longs. In  the  examination  of  chaplains,  one  member  of  the  board 
will,  when  practicable,  be  a  chaplain.  All  three  members  of  the 
board  shall  be  commissioned  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  or  the 
National  Guard,  or  both.  (Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

226.  When  appointments  to  fill  vacancies  are  made  by  the  gov- 
ernor of  a  State  or  Territory,  such  appointees  will  not  be  considered 
as  commissioned  officers  of  the  National  Guard  as  contemplated  by 
the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  unless  and  until  recognition  is  extended  to 
them  by  the  War  Department. 

227.  For  cogent  reasons,  a  reasonable  period  of  time  may  be  granted 
to  enable  a  person  appointed  or  promoted  as  an  officer  to  prepare 
himself  for  the  examination,  or  recognition  may  be  extended  con- 
ditional upon  future  examination. 

228.  When  the  proceedings  of  an  examining  board  have  been  ap- 
proved by  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  governor  of  the  State  or  Terri- 
tory or  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia 
concerned  will  be  informed  as  to  whether  the  candidate  has  passed 
the  examination  successful!}'  and  as  to  the  grade,  arm,  department, 
or  corps  for  which  qualified.     Persons  who  have  been  found  qualified 
for  one  grade  and  arm,  department,  or  corps  will  not  be  entitled  to 
the  benefits  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  in  any  other  grade,  arm,  de- 
partment, or  corps  unless  examined  and  found  qualified  therefor. 


70  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

229.  A  candidate  for  original  appointment  or  for  promotion  may 
be  tentatively  recognized  as  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard,  by  the 
Militia  Bureau,  subject  to  future  examination.     In  the  event  a  candi- 
date for  an  original  appointment  fails  to  pass  the  required  examina- 
tion, such  tentative  recognition  will  be  withdrawn  by  the  Militia 
Bureau,  and  the  officer  concerned  ceases  to  be  a  member  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard,  as  contemplated  by  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  shall 
be  dropped  from  the  rolls;  Provided,  That  upon  application  to  and 
approval  by  the  Militia  Bureau  and  for  cogent  reasons,  the  provi- 
sions of  paragraph  231,  relative  to  reexamination  for  promotion  may 
be  extended  to  original  appointments. 

230.  In  the  event  an  officer  has  been  recognized  in  one  grade  sub- 
ject to  future  examination  and  is  not  examined  until  he  is  appointed 
to  a  higher  grade  and  then  fails  to  pass  the  required  examination,  he 
shall  revert  to  his  former  grade  and  be  required  to  take  the  examina- 
tions covering  his  appointment  in  the  lower  grade. 

231.  A  candidate  for  promotion  as  an  officer  who  fails  to  pass  suc- 
cessfully the  professional  examination  for  the  office  for  which  he  is 
designated,  may  be  authorized  to  take  another  examination  for  the 
same  grade  as  soon  as  practicable  after  the  expiration  of  one  year 
from  the  date  of  the  first  examination,  Provided,  That  a  candidate 
may,  upon  his  own  application,  be  reexamined  after  the  expiration 
of  six  months  from  the  date  of  the  first  examination.     Should  the 
candidate  fail  to  pass  successfully  the  second  examination  or  fail  to 
appear  at  the  time  appointed,  he  shall  be  prohibited  from  again  ap- 
pearing for  examination  for  the  same  or  for  any  higher  grade  without 
special  authority  from  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  he  shall  be  ordered 
to  appear  before  an  efficiency  board  under  the  provisions  of  section 
77  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916.     (See  par.  304.) 

232.  No  candidate  will  be  examined  whose  examination  has  not 
been  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War;  who  is  not  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States  or  has  not  declared  his  intention  to  become  such; 
who,  in  the  judgment  of  the  board,  is  not  physically  qualified  to  dis- 
charge all  the  duties  of  an  officer  in  active  service;  who  has  any 
mental  infirmity;  whose  moral  fitness  has  not  been  clearly  estab- 
lished; who  is  less  than  21  years  of  age  or  more  than  60;  or  who, 
being  designated  for  commission,  other  than  by  promotion,  as  second 
lieutenant,  shall  be  more  than  32;  as  first  lieutenant,  more  than 
36;  as  captain,  more  than  40;  as  major,  more  than  45;  as  lieutenant 
colonel,  more  than  50;  as  colonel,  more  than  55;  or  as  a  general 
officer,  more  than  60  years  old. 

233.  The  duties  of  the  medical  officer  of  the  board  shall  be  confined 
to  inquiring  into  and  reporting  upon  the  physical  qualifications  of 
the  candidates. 


NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  71 

234.  The  duties  of  the  officers  of  the  board,  except  the  medical 
officer,  shall  be  to  pass  upon  the  moral  qualifications  of  each  candi- 
date; to  inquire  into  the  general  suitability  of  candidates;  to  deter- 
mine the  suitability  for  mounted  service  of  candidates  recommended 
for  grades  or  arms  requiring  them  to  be  mounted;  and  to  supervise 
and  conduct  the  professional  examination. 

,235.  The  senior  officer,  not  a  medical  officer,  of  the  examining 
board  will  be  president  of  the  board;  the  junior  officer  not  a 
medical  officer  will  act  as  recorder. 

236.  The  organization  of  the  boards  shall  conform  to  that  of 
retiring  boards  of  the  Regular  Army.     The  recorder  will  swear  the 
several  members,  including  the  medical  officer,  faithfully  and  impar- 
tially to  examine  and  report  upon  the  candidates  about  to  be  exam- 
ined, and  the  president  of  the  board  will  then  swear  the  recorder  to 
the  faithful  performance  of  his  duty.     Separate  proceedings  shall  be 
made  in  the  case  of  each  candidate.     Medical  officers  shall  not  take 
part  in  the  professional  examination  except  on  boards  composed 
exclusively  of  officers  of  the  Medical  Department.     They  shall  make 
the  necessary  physical  examination  of  all  candidates  and  shall  submit 
to  the  president  of  the  board  their  opinions  in  writing.     All  ques- 
tions relating  to  the  physical  condition  of  applicants  shall  be  deter- 
mined by  the  full  board.     All  public  proceedings  shall  be  in  the 
presence    of    the    candidate    under    examination.     The    conclusion 
reached  and  tlie  recommendations  entered  will  be  regarded  as  confidential. 

237.  The  proceedings  of  the  board,  accompanied  by  the  examina- 
tion papers  and  certificates  of  the  medical  officer,  will  be  forwarded 
through  the  Department  Commander  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia 
Bureau.     The  proceedings  will  follow  the  form  given  in  these  Regu- 
lations (par.  302). 

238.  An  examining  board   (including  medical  members)  having 
assembled  and  the  officer  to  be  examined  having  appeared  before  it, 
the  recorder  will  read  the  orders  or  instructions  convening  the  board 
and  directing  the  officer  to  report  for  examination.     If  all  the  mem- 
bers of  the  board  are  not  present,  the  board  will  adjourn  from  time 
to  time  until  a  full  attendance  can  be  secured.     If  for  any  reason  the 
attendance  of  any  member  can  not  be  expected  within  a  reasonable 
time,  the  president  of  the  board  will  report  the  facts  to  the  convening 
authority. 

239.  The  right  of  challenge  having  been  accorded  arid  all  the  mem- 
bers being  present,  the  recorder  in  the  presence  of  the  officer  to  be 
examined  will  administer  the  following  oath  to  the  members: 

"You  (naming  the  members  other  than  himself)  do  swear  (or 
affirm)  that  you  will  faithfully  and  impartially  discharge  your  duties 
as  members  of  this  board  in  the  matter  now  before  you.  So  help 
you  God." 


72  NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS. 

The  president  will  then  administer  the  following  oath  to  the 
recorder: 

"You  (naming  him)  do  swear  (or  affirm)  that  you  will  faithfully 
and  impartially  discharge  your  duties  as  a  member  of  this  board  in 
the  matter  now  before  you,  and  that  you  will,  according  to  your 
best  ability,  accurately  and  impartially  record  the  proceedings  of 
this  board  and  the  evidence  to  be  given  in  the  case  in  hearing.  So 
help  you  God." 

In  case  of  affirmation  the  closing  sentence  of  adjuration  will  be 
omitted. 

240.  Should  any  question  arise  during  the  examination  requiring 
the  introduction  of  evidence,  the  testimony  of  witnesses  will  be  taken, 
orally,  if  the  witnesses  are  immediately  available,  and  it  can  be  done 
without  expense  to  the  Government,  otherwise,  as  a  rule,  by  inter- 
rogatories and  depositions  prepared  in  accordance  with  the  require- 
ments of  the  Manual  for  Courts-Martial.     Should  it  become  neces- 
sary, in  the  opinion  of  the  board,  to  procure  the  oral  testimony  of  a 
witness  not  immediately  available,  the  facts  will  be  reported  to  the 
convening  authority  for  action.     All  witnesses  examined  orally  will 
be  sworn  by  the  recorder,  the  oath  being  the  same  as  that  adminis- 
tered to  witnesses  in  trials  by  courts-martial.     During  such  proceed- 
ings the  officer  being  examined  will  be  permitted  to  cross-examine 
witnesses  and  to  submit  evidence  in  his  own  behalf.     All  hearings  of 
this  nature  will  be  conducted  in  open  board  and  in  the  presence  of 
the  officer  being  examined. 

241.  The  examination  will  be  conducted  in  the  following  order: 
(a)  As   to   physical   fitness,   (b)  as   to  general   efficiency,  (c)  as   to 
professional  fitness  and  skill  in  horsemanship. 

242.  The  board  will  make  a  thorough  inquiry  into  and  report 
upon  the  following  with  reference  to  each  candidate:     His  antece- 
dents; his  morals  and  character;  his  educational  opportunities  and 
qualifications;  his   business    and   professional    experience;  his    con- 
duct, efficiency,  and  soldierly  habits  while  a  member  of  the  Regular, 
Militia,  or  Volunteer  forces:  and  his  probable  efficiency  and  aptitude 
for  the  service.     The  board  is  authorized  to  call  on  candidates  to 
submit  in  writing  any  desired  information  not  in  its  possession. 

243.  If  a  candidate  has  served  in  the  United  States  Army,  the 
Regular  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  of    the  United  States,  or  in 
any  of  the  volunteer  forces  of  the  United  States,  or  in  the  Organized 
Militia  or  National  Guard  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  he  shall  submit  his  discharge  papers  for  each  term  of 
service;  if  still  in  any  of   the  services  mentioned,   he  shall  submit 
recommendations  of  his  immediate  commanders. 

244.  If  an  applicant  has  attended  a  prescribed  regular  course  of 
instruction  in  any  military  school  or  college  of  the  United  States 


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Army,  or  has  graduated  from  any  educational  institution  to  which 
an  officer  of  the  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps  has  been  detailed  as 
commandant  or  instructor  pursuant  to  law,  he  shall  be  required  to 
present  the  diploma  or  certificate  from  such  military  school,  college, 
or  educational  institution. 

245.  The  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  will  refer  to  the  board  all  the 
data  in  the  War  Department  bearing  on  the  qualifications  of  the 
candidates  whose  records  are  before  the  board  for  consideration. 

246.  Each  candidate  will  submit  to  the  board  the  following  indi- 
vidual record: 

(a)  Give  the  exact  date  and  place  of  birth. 

(b)  Are  you  a  citizen  of  the  United  States?     If  not,   have  you 
declared  your  intention  to  become  a  citizen  of  the  United  States, 
and  if  so,  when  ? 

(c)  What  schools  or  colleges  have  you  attended?     Give  dates  of 
attendance  and  designations  of  schools,  etc.,  and  state  whether  or 
not  you  were  graduated,  together  with  degree,  if  any,  received. 

(d)  In  what  professions  or  occupations  have  you  been  employed 
since  boyhood  and  how  long  have  you  been  engaged  in  your  present 
occupation?     Give  names  and  occupation  of  your  employers. 

(e)  Have  you  ever  served  in  the  volunteers,  the  Organized  Militia 
or  the  National  Guard,  or  in  the  United  States  Army,  the  Regular 
Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps  ?     If  so,  state  the  rank  held  and  the 
dates  of  service. 

Of)  State  the  place  of  your  present  residence. 

(g)  Are  you  married  or  single  ?  If  married,  state  number  of  minor 
children. 

247.  In   addition   to   the   above  information   the   candidate  will 
submit  to  the  board  testimonials  or  certificates  as  to  his  moral  char- 
acter and  fitness  for  the  position  of  a  commissioned  officer,  and  these 
testimonials  and  certificates  will  be  forwarded  with  the  report  of 
the  board. 

248.  The  board  will  conduct  such  inquiries  as  will  enable  it  to 
render  an  opinion,  based  upon  observation,  oral  questioning  of  the 
candidate,  and  upon  all  available  data,  as  to  whether  the  candidate 
possesses  the  qualifications  to  be  desired  in  a  commissioned  officer. 

249.  The  physical  examination  will  take  place  first.     If  this  is 
satisfactory,   the  examination   as   to  moral  character  and  general 
qualifications  will  follow.     If  these  are  satisfactory,  the  board  will 
proceed  with  the  professional  examination,  which  will  be  oral,  writ- 
ten or  practical,  or  all.     Candidates  will  then  be  examined  as  to  their 
suitability  for  mounted  duty  when  recommended  therefor. 

250.  Before  proceeding  with  the  physical  examination  the  applicant 
about  to  be  examined  shall  be  required  to  submit,  for  the  informa- 
tion of  the  board,  a  certificate  as  to  his  physical  condition.     In  case 


74  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

no  cause  for  disqualification  exists  the  certificate  shall  take  the  fol- 
lowing form: 

"I  certify  that,  to  the  best  of  my  knowledge  and  belief,  I  am  not 
affected  with  any  form  of  disease  or  disability  which  would  interfere 
with  the  performance  of  the  duties  under  the  commission  for  which 
I  am  undergoing  examination. " 

251.  The  physical  examination  will  be  rigid  and  shall  include  the 
ordinary  analysis  of  the  urine,  and  if  there  be  found  to  exist  any 
cause  or  disqualification  which  might  in  the  future  impair  his  effi- 
ciency as  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  he  will  be  rejected.      De- 
fects of  vision  resulting  from  errors  of  refraction  which  are  not 
excessive  and  which  may  be  entirely  corrected  by  glasses  do  not 
disqualify  unless  they  are  due  to  or  are  accompanied  by  organic 
disease.     Examination  as  to  physical  qualifications  will  conform  to 
the  standard  required  of  recruits  for  the  United  States  Army  and 
will  include  a  certificate,  to  accompany  the  proceedings  of  the  board, 
of  physical  examination  by  the  medical  officer,  which  certificate  will 
embrace  all  the  inf ormation  required  in  the  form  for  the  examination 
of  recruits.     Forms  for  this  certificate  will  be  furnished  by  the  Chief 
of  the  Militia  Bureau. 

In  doubtful  cases  they  will  be  guided  by  the  following  decision  of 
the  Secretary  of  War: 

An  incurable  disease  or  injury,  or  a  disease  or  injury  not  curable 
within  a  reasonable  time,  either  of  which  is  of  such  a  character  as  to 
disqualify  an  officer  for  duty  on  the  active  list,  constitutes  incapacity 
for  service  under  this  act  (act  of  October  1,  1890).  If,  however,  a 
disease  or  injury  be  curable  within  a  reasonable  time,  the  candidate 
should  be  regarded  as  physically  qualified  for  appointment.  The 
question  as  to  the  curability  of  a  disease  or  injury  is  one  for  an  ex- 
amining board  to  determine  upon  the  advice  of  its  medical  members. 
If  a  board  be  unable  to  determine  such  question,  it  should  recommend 
that  the  candidate  be  reexamined  after  such  period  as,  in  its  opinion, 
may  be  necessary  to  permit  a  determination  to  be  reached. 

252.  On  the  conclusion  of  the  physical  examination,  the  medical 
officer  will  report  his  findings  in  writing  to  the  board,  which  will  then 
assemble  to  consider  and  act  thereon.     All  questions  pertaining  to 
the  physical  fitness  of  a  candidate,  then  or  thereafter  arising,  will  be 
determined  by  a  majority  vote  of  the  board  (including  the  medical 
member) . 

253.  When  the  board  finds  an  applicant  physically  incapacitated 
for  service  it  shall  conclude  the  examination  by  finding  and  reporting 
the  cause  which,  in  its  judgment,  has  produced  the  disability. 

254.  Whenever  for  any  cause  the  board  finds  an  applicant  disquali- 
fied for  commission,  the  record  shall  contain  a  full  statement  of  the 
case. 


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255.  WheQ  the  board  finds  an  applicant  qualified  for  commission, 
the  fact  shall  be  stated  in  the  following  form: 

The  board  is  of  the  opinion  that has  the  physical,  moral,  and  profes- 
sional qualifications  to  perform  efficiently  all  the  duties  of  l ,  and  recommends 

that  he  be  recognized  as  such  in  the  National  Guard  of  the  United  States  and  the  State 
of  2 . 

1  Here  insert  the  grade  and  arm  of  the  service,  or  staff  corps,  or  department,  for  a 
commission  in  which  the  applicant  is  recommended. 

2  Here  insert  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

256.  Under  the  head  of  general  efficiency,  the  board  will  consider 
the  evidence  required  by  paragraphs  242-247,  inclusive;  the  use 
the  candidate  has  made  of  his  opportunities;  his  ability  to  apply 
practically  his  professional  knowledge;  his  general  trustworthiness 
and  ability  to  command  troops  or  control  men;  his  personal   habits, 
military  deportment,  sobriety,  and  observance  of  discipline  in  his 
conduct  and  the  efficiency  of  any  organization  which  may  have  been 
under  his  command. 

257.  Should  any  information  before  the  board  be  of  a  disqualifying 
nature,  the  board  will  furnish  a  copy  thereof  to  the  candidate  and 
make  such  investigation  in  regard  thereto  as  the  circumstances  may 
warrant. 

258.  The  professional  examination  shall  be  sufficiently  compre- 
hensive in  scope  to  test  properly  the  applicant's  knowledge  of  the 
whole  subject.     In  the  case  of  written  examinations,  the  questions 
and  answers  shall  be  attached  to  the  proceedings. 

259.  The  examination  shall  be  especially  directed  to  ascertain 
the  practical  capacity  of  the  applicant,  and  the  record  of  previous 
service  as  to  discipline,   training,   and  military  efficiency  shall  be 
considered  as  a  part  of  the  examination. 

260.  Ten  questions  in  each  subject  hi  which  an  oral  or  written 
examination  is  required  will  be  selected  from  lists  furnished  by  the 
War  Department  for  the  examination.     The  value  of  each  question 
will  be  10.     The  time  allowed  for  the  written  examination  in  each 
subject  will  be  four  hours.     Practical  examinations  will  consist  of 
such  exercises  and  tests  as  may  be  communicated  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment to  the  board  in  each  case.     The  tune  allowed  for  practical 
examination  will  be  as  communicated  by  the  War  Department  to 
the  board  in  each  case. 

261.  During  the  practical  examination  all  members  of  the  board 
except  the  medical  officer  will  be  present.     During  the  practical 
examination  in  military  sketching  only  one  member  of  the  board 
need  be  present,  in  the  discretion  of  the  board.     An  oral  examination 
will  be  before  the  full  board. 

262.  Written  examinations  of  all  candidates  shall  be  conducted  in 
the  presence  of  a  member  of  the  board  who  is  an  officer  of  the  Regular 


76  NATIONAL  GUARD  KEGULATIONS. 

Army  when  such  an  officer  is  on  the  board,  and  he  will  attach  to  each 
examination  paper  the  following  certificate: 

I  certify  that ,  the  candidate  for  commission,  has  undergone  the  fore- 
going examination  in  my  presence  without  assistance  from  anyone. 

.   If  no  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  is  on  the  board,  this  duty  will 
be  performed  by  any  member  of  the  board. 

263.  In  the  examination  of  candidates  the  papers  in  all  written 
examinations  or  the  performance  of  the  candidate  in  all  practical 
examinations  will  be  marked  by  the  two  members  of  the  board 
other  than  the  medical  officer.     After  all  marks  have  been  made 
the  board  shall  reassemble  to  consider  its  findings. 

264.  Questions  shall  be  given  out,  so  that  everything  in  the  hands 
of  the  candidate  may  be  answered  before  a  recess  or  adjournment. 
A  statement  showing  that  such  was  the  procedure  during  the  written 
examinations  shall  be  embodied  in  the  record.     Candidates  should 
not  leave  the  examination  room  until  all  the  questions  issued  have 
been  answered.     In  case  a  candidate  does  leave  the  room  before 
completing  the  answers  to  the  questions  in  his  possession,  the  fact 
will  be  entered  in  the  record  for  consideration.     At  the  conclusion 
of  a  written  examination  in  each  subject  the  candidate  will  be  called 
upon  to  add  and  sign  the  following  certificate  thereto: 

I  have  not  received  any  assistance  from  unauthorized  sources  during  the  foregoing 
examination. 

265.  In  case  of  unpropitious  weather,  practical  examinations  will 
be  postponed  from  day  to  day,  but  never  omitted  or  materially 
curtailed. 

266.  In  case  of  failure  hi  the  practical  examination  on  any  subject, 
the  board  will  at  once  proceed  with  a  second  practical  examination 
of  sufficient  scope  to  test  properly  the  applicant's  efficiency.     If 
successful  upon  this  second  examination,  the  record  shall  show  that 
he  had  two  practical  examinations.     In  case  of  failure,  an  outline  of 
the  exercises  given  and  the  percentages  attained  in  both  practical 
examinations  will  be  attached  to  the  record. 

267.  Commanding  officers  of  Regular  Army  posts  and  of  National 
Guard  organizations  at  or  in  the  vicinity  of  which  boards  may  be 
appointed  to  meet  shall,  without  further  instructions,  furnish,  upon 
request,  such  available  troops  and  materiel  as  may  be  required  by 
boards  in  the  execution  of  this  order. 

268.  All  candidates,  except  for  commissions  as  company  officers 
of  Infantry  or  Coast  Artillery,  will  be  required  to  undergo  a  practical 
and   oral  examination  in   equitation    and  in   equipment  of  saddle 
horses,   the  scope  of  which  will  be  sufficient  to  decide  upon  their 
ability  to  accompany  a  mounted  command  on  ordinary  marches,  to 
perform  the  duties  of  mounted  staff  officers,  to  carry  dispatches  in 


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the  field,  and  to  saddle,  unsaddle,  and  care  for  a  horse  in  emergencies. 

269.  All  persons  commissioned  as  officers  in  the  National  Guard 
shall  take  and  subscribe  to  the  following  oath: 

lt ?  do  solemnly  swear  that  I  will  support  and  defend  the  Constitution 

of  the  United  States  and  the  constitution  of  the  State  of against  all  enemies, 

foreign  or  domestic;    that  I  will  bear  true  faith  and  allegiance  to  the  same;    that  I 
will  obey  the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  governor  of  the 

State  of ;   that  I  make  this  obligation  freely,  without  any  mental  reservation 

or  purpose  of  evasion;  and  that  I  will  well  and  faithfully  discharge  the  duties  of  the 

office  of in  the  National  Guard  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  State  of , 

upon  which  I  am  about  to  enter,  so  help  me  God. 

This  oath  may  be  administered  by  the  judge  advocate  of  a  court- 
martial  or  by  a  notary  public  or  other  civil  officer  competent  to 
administer  oaths. 

270.  When  completed,  the  oath  of  office  will  be  forwarded  by  the 
adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau.     The  adjutant  general  of  the 
State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  will  report  to  the  Chief 
of  the  Militia  Bureau   the  names  and  dates  of  commission  of  all 
officers  immediately  after  a  commission  is  issued. 

271.  The  examination  for  a  commission  shall  consist  of  two  parts, 
(1)  the  elementary  examination  and  (2)  the  professional  examination. 

The  elementary  examination  will  embrace  the  following  subjects: 

(a)  English   grammar,   including  reading,   writing,    and   spelling 
with  facility  and  correctness.     Weight  4. 

(b)  Arithmetic  and  its  application  to  rules  and  practical  examples. 
Weight  3. 

(c)  Geography,    particularly    in    reference    to    North    America. 
Weight  4. 

(d)  History  of  the  United  States.     Weight  3. 

272.  The  elementary  examination  may  be  waived  by  the  board 
in  case  the  candidate  produces  a  diploma  or  certificate  of  graduation 
from  some  educational  institution  of  good  repute,  or  when  the  board 
is  satisfied  from  the  record  of  the  applicant  or  other  circumstances 
that  he  has  been  sufficiently  educated  in  the  subjects  mentioned. 

273.  The  professional  examination  for  the  various  arms  of  the 
service  is  given  in  Sections  A  to  N,  paragraph  302,  with  the  relative 
weights  following  each  subject. 

274.  No  weights  will  be  assigned   to  moral  character,   physical 
condition,  record  of  service,  and  general  suitability  or  horsemanship; 
they  will  be  reported  simply  as  "satisfactory"  or  "unsatisfactory." 

275.  The  board  shall  report  on  each  subject  the  mark  for  the 
answer  to  each  question  and  the  percentage  attained  in  all  exami- 
nations, whether  written  or  practical,  and  will  also  report  the  general 
average  of  all  the  subjects.     In  oral  examinations  the  board  will 


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report  only  the  percentage  in  each  subject.  The  procedure  will  be 
as  follows: 

In  each  subject  mark  each  question  on  a  basis  of  its  weight.  Add 
the  marks  and  reduce  the  total  to  a  basis  of  100.  Then  determine 
the  general  average  by  assigning  to  each  subject  the  relative  weight 
stated  above.  Multiply  the  percentage  in  each  subject  by  the  relative 
weight  as  given  and  divide  the  sum  of  the  products  by  the  sum  of  the 
weights.  This  will  give  the  general  average. 

276.  The  method  is  illustrated  by  the  following  example: 

Example. 
(For  promotion  to  first  lieutenant  of  Infantry.) 


No. 

Subjects. 

Percent- 
ages. 

Relative 
weights. 

Products. 

1 

PROFESSIONAL  EXAMINATIONS. 

70 

4 

280 

2 

Combat  Infantry  on'y 

72 

3 

216 

8 

Drill  Regulations  Infantry 

71 

g 

426 

4 

Minor  Tactics  ....'  ,  

68 

6 

408 

0 

Military  Protection 

83 

4 

332 

6 

Offensive  Conduct  of  Small  Units  

86 

6 

516 

7 

Small-  Anns  Firing  Manual 

70 

4 

280 

8 

75 

3 

225 

36 

2  6S3 

General  average. 


74.53 


277.  In  order  to  be  proficient  a  candidate  shall  receive  a  general 
average  of  not  less  than  66 §  per  cent  and  a  grade  in  each  subject 
of  not  less  than  50  per  cent. 

278.  A  candidate  presenting  a  diploma  from  any  of  the  military 
schools  of  the  United  States  Army  or  from  the  United  States  Naval 
Academy,  or  a  certificate  from  the  War  Department  for  the  com- 
pletion  of    any   prescribed    course   within    5    years  preceding    the 
examination,  shall  be  excused,  if  he  so  desires,  from  examination 
in  the  subjects  covered  by  said  diploma  or  certificate,  his  mark  in 
said  subjects  being  rated  at  75  per  cent  of  the  maximum. 

ENGINEERS. 
GENERAL  QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  ORIGINAL  APPOINTMENT. 

279.  To  be  a  lieutenant. — The  candidate  must  be  an  engineer  in 
the  active  practice  of  his  profession  or  in  some  business  immediately 
connected  with  or  concerned  in  engineering  matters;  he  must  either 
hold  or  have  qualified  for  the  grade  of  junior  engineer,  civil,  electrical, 
or  mechanical,  or  higher  grade  in  the  civil  service,  or  he  must  be  a 
graduate  from  an  approved  engineering  college,  or  have  been  in 
the  active  practice   of   engineering  for   at  least  2  years;  he  must 
pass  an  examination  in  the  subjects  listed  for  his  grade  in  table 
given  in  302  E. 


NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  79 

280.  To  be  a  captain. — The  candidate  must  be  an  engineer  in  the 
active  practice  of  his  profession  or  in  some  business  immediately 
connected  with  or  concerned  in  engineering  matters;  he  must  either 
hold  or  be  eligible  for  the  grade  of  assistant  engineer  in  the  Engineer 
Department  at  large,  or  a  corresponding  engineer  grade  in  the  civil 
service  in  another  department  of  the  Government  service,  or  have 
held  a  commission  in  the  Corps  of  Engineers  of  the  Regular  Army, 
or  shall  be  a  professional  engineer  not  less  than  28  years  of  age, 
who    shall    have    been    in    the    active    practice    of    his    profession 
for   at  least  8  years  and  have  had  responsible  charge  of  work  as 
principal  or  assistant  for  at  least  2  years;  he  must  pass  an  exam- 
ination   in   the    subjects  listed  for  his   grade   in   table    given    in 
302  E.     The  graduation  from  a  school  of  engineering  of  recognized 
reputation   shall    be    considered    as   equivalent    to  2  years'    active 
practice.     The  above  age  limit  and  period  of  professional  practice 
may  be  reduced  for  candidates  who  have  served  creditably  in  the 
same  or  higher  grade  as  engineer  officers  with  engineer  troops  in  the 
United  States  Army  since  April  6,  1917. 

281.  To  be  afield  officer. — The  candidate  must  be  an  engineer  in 
the  active  practice  of  his  profession  or  in  some  business  immediately 
connected  with  or  concerned  in  engineering  matters;  he  must  hold 
the  grade  of   assistant  engineer  in   the  Engineer  Department  at 
large,  or  corresponding  engineer  grade  in  the  civil  service  in  another 
department,  or  have  held  a  commission  in  the  Corps  of  Engineers  of 
the  United  States  Army  not  more  than  two  grades  below  that  for 
which  he  desires  to  be  listed,  or  shall  be  a  professional  engineer  not 
less  than  35  years  of  age,  who  shall  have  been  in  the  active  practice  of 
his  profession  for  15  years,  and  have  had  responsible  charge  of  work 
for  at  least  5  years,  and  shall  be  qualified  to  design  as  well  as  to 
direct  engineering  work;  he  must  pass  an  examination  in  the  subjects 
listed  for  his  grade  hi  table  given  in  302   E.     Graduation  from  a 
school  of  engineering  of  recognized  reputation  shall  be  considered  as 
equivalent  to  two  years  of  active  practice.     The  above  age  limit  and 
period  of  professional  practice  may  be  reduced  for  candidates  who 
have  served  creditably  in  the  same  or  higher  grade   as  engineer 
officers  with  engineer  troops  in  the  United  States  Army  since  April 
6,  1917. 

MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

QUALIFICATIONS  OF  OFFICERS  FOR  MEDICAL  CORPS. 

282.  In  addition  to  the  qualifications  named  in  paragraph  232, 
an  individual  appointed  in  the  Medical  Corps,  National  Guard,  must 
be  between  21  and  36  years  of  age;  must  have  a  satisfactory  general 
education;  must  be  a  graduate  of  a  reputable  medical  school  legally 
authorized  to  confer  the  degree  of  doctor  of  medicine;  must  be  a 


80  RATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

legally  qualified  practitioner  of  the  State  in  which  he  is  appointed; 
must  be  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession;  and 
must  have  had  at  least  1  year's  hospital  training  including  practi- 
cal experience  in  the  practice  of  medicine  and  surgery,  or  its  equiva- 
lent in  practice. 

283.  Original  appointments  to  the  grade  of  major,  Medical  Corps, 
are  authorized  and  can  be  made  under  the  law;  however,  for  cogent 
reasons,   such   appointments   should   be   confined    to   persons   with 
prior  military  service  and  who  are  eminently  qualified  to  perform 
the  duties  of  this  grade. 

284.  Original   appointments    to    the   grade    of   captain,    Medical 
Corps,  are  not  authorized,   and  can  not  be  made.     The  grade  of 
captain,  Medical  Corps,  has  no  existence  independent  of  the  person 
qualified  by  a  period  of  service  to  fill  it.     Appointees  to  this  grade 
must  have  served  as  first  lieutenants  for  the  period  fixed  by  law 
(58-241  J.  A.  G.,  Aug.  14,  1916). 

285.  All  first  lieutenants  of  the  Medical  Corps  of  the  Organized 
Militia  who  were  qualified  as  such  under  the  provisions  of  Circular 
No.  18,  Division  of  Militia  Affairs,  1914,  and  who  were  active  members 
of  the  Organized  Militia  on  June  3,  1916,  are  entitled  to  promotion 
to  the  grade  of  captain,  Medical  Corps,  National  Guard,  subject  to 
examinations,    after   3    years'    service    in    the   grade  of   first  lieu- 
tenant, Medical  Corps,  Organized  Militia  or  National  Guard.     All 
appointments  in  the  grade  of  first  lieutenant,  Medical  Corps,  National 
Guard,  made  on  or  after  June  3,  1916,  must  serve  a  period  of  5 
years  in  this  grade  before  they  are  entitled  to  promotion  to  the 
grade  of  captain,  Medical  Corps. 

286.  Prior  service  as  a  commissioned  medical  officer  of  the  Reo-u- 

O 

lar  Army  or  Navy,  United  States  Army  or  Navy,  or  as  an  active 
commissioned  medical  officer  of  the  Organized  Militia  or  National 
Guard,  will  be  counted  in  computing  service  for  promotion  to  the 
grade  of  captain,  Medical  Corps.  Service  in  the  Medical  Reserve 
Corps  (inactive  list)  and  in  the  medical  section  of  the  Officers' 
Reserve  Corps,  National  Guard,  will  not  be  counted  in  computing 
service  for  promotion  to  the  grade  of  captain,  Medical  Corps,  National 
Guard. 

QUALIFICATIONS    OF   OFFICERS    FOR   DENTAL   CORPS. 

287.  An  individual  appointed  in  the  Dental  Corps,  National  Guard, 
must  be  between  21  and  36  years  of  age;  must  be  a  citizen  of  the 
United  States;  must  have  a  satisfactory  general  education;  must 
be  a  graduate  of  a  reputable  dental  school  legally  authorized  to  con- 
fer the  degree  of  doctor  of  dental  surgery;  must  be  a  legally  qualified 
practitioner  of  dentistry  in  the  State  in  which  he  is  appointed;  must 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  81 

be  actively  engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession;  and  must  have 
had  at  least  one  year's  experience  in  the  practice  of  his  profession. 

288.  Original  appointments  to  the  grade  of  major,  Dental  Corps, 
are  authorized  and  can  be  made  under  the  law;  however,  for  cogent 
reasons,  such  appointments  should  be  confined  to  persons  with  prior 
military  service  and  who  are.  eminently  qualified  to  perform  the  duties 
of  this  grade. 

289.  Original  appointments  to  the  grade  of  captain,  Dental  Corps, 
are  not  authorized  and  can  not  be  made.     The  grade  of  captain, 
Dental  Corps,  has  no  existence  independent  of  the  person  qualified 
by  a  period  of  service  to  fill  it.     Appointees  to  this  grade  must  have 
served  as  first  lieutenants  for  the  period  fixed  by  law  (58-241  J.  A.  G. 
Aug.  14,  1916). 

290.  All  first  lieutenants  of  the  Dental  Corps  of  the  Organized 
Militia  who  were  qualified  as  such  under  the  provisions  of  Circular 
No.  18,  Division  of  Militia  Affairs,  1914,  and  who  were  active  mem- 
bers of  the  Organized  Militia  on  June  3,  1916,  are  entitled  to  promo- 
tion to  the  grade  of  captain,  Dental  Corps,  National  Guard,  subject 
to  examination,  after  three  years'  service  in  the  grade  of  first  lieu- 
tenant, Dental  Corps,   Organized  Militia  or  National  Guard.     All 
appointments  in  the  grade  of  first  lieutenant,  Dental  Corps,  National 
Guard,  made  on  or  after  June  3,  1916,  must  serve  a  period  of  five 
years  in  this  grade  before  they  are  entitled  to  promotion  to  the  grade 
of  captain,  Dental  Corps. 

291.  Prior  service  as  a  commissioned  dental  officer  of  the  Regular 
Army  or  Navy,  United  States  Army  or  Navy,  or  as  an  active  com- 
missioned dental  officer  of  the  Organized  Militia  or  National  Guard, 
will  be  counted  in  computing  service  for  promotion  to  the  grade  of 
cap  tain,  Dental  Corps.     Service  hi  the  Dental  Reserve  Corps  (inactive 
list)  and  in  the  dental  section  of  -the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  National 
Guard,  will  not  be  counted  in  computing  service  for  promotion  to  the 
grade  of  captain,  Dental  Corps,  National  Guard. 

QUALIFICATIONS    OF   OFFICERS    FOR    VETERINARY   CORPS. 

292.  An  individual  appointed  as  assistant  veterinarian   (second 
lieutenant)  in  the  Veterinary  Corps  of  the  National  Guard  must  be  a 
citizen  of  the  United  States,  between  the  ages  of  21  and  36  years,  a 
resident  of  the  State  from  which  he  is  appointed,  a  graduate  of  a  rec- 
ognized  veterinary   college   or   university,    and   must   be   actively 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  profession. 

293.  Original   appointments  in   the   Veterinary  Corps,   National 
Guard,  will  be  as  assistant  veterinarians,  who  will  for  the  first  five 
years  of  service  as  such  have  the  rank,  pay,  and  allowances  of  second 
lieutenant.    After  5  years'  service  they  shall  have  the  rank,  pay, 

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82  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

and  allowances  of  first  lieutenant;  after  15  years'  service  they  shall 
be  promoted  to  be  veterinarians  with  the  rank,  pay,  and  allowances 
of  captain,  and  after  20  years'  service  they  shall  have  the  rank,  pay, 
and  allowances  of  a  major. 

294.  Prior  service  as  veterinarians  of  the  Organized  Militia  who 
were  recognized  by  the  War  Department  and  who  were  members  of 
the  Organized  Militia  on  June  3,  1916,  and  who  have  subscribed  to 
the  Federal  oath,  will  be  given  credit  for  such  service  for  promotion 
to  higher  grades,  when  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

295.  Prior  service  as  a  commissioned  officer  of  the  Veterinary 
Corps  of  the  Regular  Army,  National  Guard,  National  Army,  or  the 
United  States  Army  will  be  counted  hi  computing  service  for  pro- 
motion to  the  higher  grades. 

296.  Service  in  the  Veterinary  Reserve  Corps  (inactive  list)  and  the 
veterinary  section  of  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  National  Guard,  will 
not  be  counted  in  computing  service  for  promotion  to  the  higher 
grades  hi  the  Veterinary  Corps. 

297.  Veterinarians  and  assistant  veterinarians,  when  authorized  by 
the  Secretary  of  War  to  render  professional  services  for  the  author- 
ized animals  of  the  National  Guard,  and  to  perform  any  other  duties 
prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  National  Guard  not  hi 
Federal  service,  will  be  entitled  to  the  pay  provided  for  staff  officers 
in  the  act  approved  June  3,  1916.     When  called  into  the  service  of 
the  United  States,  they  will  have  the  pay  and  allowances  of  their 
grade,  as  authorized  for  similar  grades  in  the  Veterinary  Corps  of  the 
Regular  Army. 

EXAMINATIONS    OF   OFFICERS   FOR   MEDICAL   DEPARTMENT. 

298.  For  the  examination  of  candidates  to  be  officers  of  the  Med- 
ical Department  (including  dental  surgeons,  veterinarians,  and  assist- 
ant veterinarians)  the  board  will  consist  of  three  officers  of  the  Med- 
ical Department,  appointed  as  in  the  case  of  other  examining  boards. 
The  senior  officer  of  the  board  will  be  the  president  thereof  and  the 
junior  officer  the  recorder. 

299.  The  physical  examination  of  candidates  to  be  officers  of  the 
Medical  Department  will  be  made  by  the  full  board,  all  the  members 
of  which  will  sign  the  certificates  required  by  paragraph  251. 

300.  In  the  examination  of  candidates  to  be  officers  of  the  Medical 
Department,  the  papers  hi  all  written  examinations  and  the  perform- 
ance of  the  candidate  in  all  practical  examinations  will  be  marked 
by  the  full  board. 

301.  Except  as  herein  specified  the  qualifications  for  appointment 
of  officers  of  the  Medical  Department  and  the  procedure  governing 
examining  boards  are  as  prescribed  for  all  other  officers. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  83 

REQUIREMENTS  FOB  PROFESSIONAL  EXAMINATION  IN  ALL  ARMS. 

302.  The  professional  examination  shall  embrace  the  following 
subjects  for  the  different  grades  in  the  different  arms: 

A.  INFANTRY. 


Sub- 
ject. 


General  scope  of  examination. 


Relativ* 

weight. 


1  Administration  (oral  or  written):  The  routine  reports,  returns,  and  rolls  of  company. .  3 

2  Admini3tration(oralor  written):  Correspondence,  methods,  etc.,  pertaining  to  the  admin- 

istration, supply,  and  messing  of  a  company 4 

3  Administration  National  Guard  Regulations  (oral  or  written):  General  knowledge  of 

same 4 

4  Administration  (oral  or  written):  Army  Regulations,  Articles  I  to  XXIII,  inclusive, 

and  LIII,  LV,  LX 4 

5  Bayonet  combat  (W.  D.  Doc.  No.  754) 4 

6  Combat-Infantry  only  (oral  or  written):  Based  on  Infantry  Drill  Regulations 3 

7  Combat(oralor  written):  Based  on  Field  Service  Regulations  and  Infantry  Drill  Regula- 

tions   3 

8  Drill  Regulations,  Infantry  (practical):  Command  of  a  squad  and  a  platoon,  alone  and  in 

company,  in  drill  and  in  field  exercise 6 

9  Drill  Regulations,  Infantry  (practical):  Command  of  a  company,  alone  and  in  battalion 

drill  and  in  field  exercise 

10  Drill  Regulations,  Infantry  (practical):  Command  of  battalion,  in  drill  and  in  field  exer- 

cise   6 

11  Field  Service  Regulations  (oral  or  written):  General  knowledge  of  same 

12  Guard  duty,  Manual  of  Interior  (oral  or  written):  Duties  of  officers  and  enlisted  men 2 

13  Guard  duty.  Manual  of  Interior  (oral  or  written):  Duties  of  officers,  including  command- 

ing officers 2 

14  Intrenchments  (oral  or  written):  Based  on  Infantry  Drill  Regulations  and  Part  III, 

War  Department  No.  872 

15  Military  hygiene,  N.  C.  O.  Manual  (oral  or  written):  Care  of  men  in  camp  and  on  the 

march,  chapters  4  and  13 

16  Military  law  (oral  or  written):  Based  on  Manual  for  Courts-Martial,  chapters  1  to  7,  in- 

clusive. 13  and  14,  and  Appendixes  1,2, 3,  and  4 5 

17  Minor  tactics,  practical  (map  or  terrain  exercises):  Exercises  to  include  problems  in- 

volving patrols  and  command  of  a  platoon 

18  Minor  tactics,  practical  (map  or  terrain  exorcises):  Exercises  to  include  problems  in- 

volving command  of  a  company 6 

19  Minor  tactics,  practical  (map  or  terrain  exercise):  Exercises  to  include  problems  in- 

volving command  of  a  battalion  of  infantry 6 

20  Minor  tactics,  practical  (map  or  terrain  exercise):  Exercises  to  include  problems  invol- 

vingcommand  of  a  regiment 6 

21  Military  protection,  riot  duty  (War  Department  Doc.  No.  882) 4 

22  Military  courtesy  (oral  or  written):  Noncommissioned  Officers'  Manual,  chapters  land  14.  2 

23  Offensive  conduct  of  small  units  (War  Department  Doc.  No.  802,  pp.  51  to  63,  inclusive 

pi.  la,  16,  II.  Ill,  and  IV;  pt.  I;  Pt.  II,  omitting  chaps.  Ill  and  IV;  Ft.  Ill) 6 

24  Practical  efficiency:  Based  on  the  ability  or  probable  ability  of  the  candidate  to  handle 

men  and  perform  well  the  other  normal  duties  of  an  officer  as  j  udged  by  his  experience 

in  civil  life (») 

25  Small- Arms  Firing  Manual— Theoretical  principles  of  individual  practice  (oral  or  written), 

and  Chapter  II,  sections  1, 2,  and  3.  Manual,  .Noncommissioned  Officers 4 

26  Small-Arms  Firing  Manual — Theoretical  principles  of  combat  firing  (oral  or  written): 

Based  on  Small  Arms  Firing  Manual  and  "Synopsis  of  Rifle  in  War" 3 

27  Topography  (practical):  Map  reading 2 

28  Topography  (practical):  Route  sketch  of  not  less  than  2  miles  or  position  of  one-fourth 

square  mile 3 


(6)  Table  showing  subjects  in  which  applicants  shall  be  examined. 


Grade. 


Subject  (Numbers  refer  to  above  list). 


Second  lieutenant, original  appointment. 

First  lieutenant,  for  promotion  to 

First  lieutenant,  original  appointment. . . 

Captain,  for  promotion  to 

Captain,  for  original  appointment 

Major,  for  promotion  to 

Major,  for  original  appointment 

Lieu  tenant  colonel,  for  promotion  to 

Lieutenant  colonel,  original  appointment 

Colonel,  for  promotion  to 

Colonel,  original  appoinment 


1,6,8,12,14,17,22,24,27. 

5,6,8,17,21,23,25,28. 

1, 5, 6, 8, 12, 14, 17, 21, 22, 24, 25, 28. 

2, 6, 9, 13, 15, 16, 18, 23, 25, 26. 

1, 2, 5, 6, 9, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28. 

3,7,9,10,13,15,16,19,21. 

2,3,7,10,13,15,16,19,21,24. 

4,7,10,11,20. 

3, 4, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 24, 26. 

10,20. 

3, 4,  7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 24, 26. 


i  One-third  of  the  total  of  all  other  subjects. 


84 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

B.  CAVALRY. 


Sub- 
ject. 


General  scope  of  examination. 


Relative 
weight. 


1  Administration  (oral  or  written"):  The  routine  reports,  returns,  and  rolls  of  company. ..  3 

2  Administration  (oral  or  written):  Correspondence,  methods,  etc.,  pertaining  to  the 

administration,  supply,  and  messing  of  a  company 

3  Administration,  National  Guard  Regulations  (oral  or  written):  General  knowledge  of 

same 

4  Administration,  Army  Regulations  (oral  or  written):  Articles  1  to  23,  inclusive,  and  53, 

55,  and  60 

5  Combat  (oral  or  written):  Based  on  Cavalrv  Drill  Regulations 

6  Combat  (oral  or  written):  Based  on  Field  Service  Regulations  and  Cavalry  Drill  Regu- 

lations   

7  Drill  Regulations,  Cavalry  (practical):  Command  of  a  squad  and  a  platoon,  alone  and 

in  the  troop,  in  drill  and  in  field  exercise 

8  Drill  Regulations,  Cavalry  (practical):  Command  of  troop,  alone  and  in  the  squadron, 

in  drilland  in  field  exercise 

9  Drill  Regulations,  Cavalry  (practical):  Command  of  a  squadron  in  drill  and  in  field 

exercise 

10  Field  Service  Regulations  (oral  or  written):  General  knowledge  of  same 

11  Guard  duty,  Manual  of  Interior  (oral  or  written):  Duties  of  officers  and  enlisted  men 2 

12  Guard  duty,  Manual  of  Interior  (oral  or  written):  Duties  of  officers,  including  command- 

ing officers 

13  Hippology  (oral  or  written):  The  Cavalry  horse:  nomenclature,  conformation:  examina- 

tion for  soundness;  age  of  horses;  endurance  of  horses;  bits,  bitting,  and  training:  sad- 
dles: seats,  transportation  of  horses:  the  horse's  foot;  stable  management;  forage 

14  Hippology  (oral,  written,  or  practical):  Army  Horse  in  Accident  and  Disease,  omitting 

prescriptions  and  tropical  diseases 

15  Intrenchments  (oral  or  written):  Based  on  Infantry  Drill  Regulations  and  Part  III, 

War  Department  Document,  No.  872 

16  Military  Hygiene.  Noncommissioned  Officers'  Manual  (oral  or  written),  chapters  4  and  13. 

17  Military  law  (oral  or  written):  Based  on  Manual  for  Courts-Martial  (chaps.  1  to  7,  inclu- 

sive, 13  and  14,  and  appendixes  1,  2,  3,  and  4) 5 

18  Military  discipline  and  courtesy  (oral  or  written):  Noncommissioned  Officers'  Manual, 

1  and'  1 4 

19  Military  protection,  riot  duty  (War  Department  Document,  No.  882) 

20  Minor  tactics  (map  or  terrain  exercise):  Problems  involving  command  of  squad  and 

platoon 

21  Minor  tactics  (map  exercise) :  Problems  involving  command  of  troop 

22  Minor  tactics  (map  or  terrain  exercise):  Problems  involving  command  of  a  squadron... 

23  Minor  tactics  (map  or  terrain  exercise):  Problems  involving  command  of  a  regiment 6 

24  Practical  efficiency:  Based  on  the  ability  or  probable  ability  of  the  candidate  to  handle 

men  and  perform  well  the  other  normal  duties  of  an  officer  as  judged  by  his  experience 

in  civil  life 0) 

25  Target  practice  (oral  or  written):  Including  care  and  nomenclature  of  the  rifle  and  pistol 

and  "individual  instruction"  S.  A.  F.  M.,  1913,  and  Chapter  II,  sections  1,  2,  and  3, 
Noncommissioned  Officers'  Manual 4 

26  Target  practice,  including  "Combat  Practice"  and  "Course  for  Organized  Militia" 

27  Topography  (practical):  Map  reading 2 

28  Topography  (practical):  Route  sketch  of  not  less  than  3  miles  and  position  sketch  one- 

fourth  mile  square 


(b)  Table  showing  subjects  in  which  applicants  shall  be  examined. 


Grade. 


Subject  (numbers  refer  to  above  list). 


Second  lieutenant,  original  appointment 

First  lieutenant,  for  promotion  to 

First  lieutenant,  original  appointment 

Captain,  for  promotion  to 

Captain,  original  appointment 

Major,  for  promotion  to 

Major,  original  appointment 

Lieutenant  colonel,  for  promotion  to 

Lieutenant  colonel,  original  appointment 

Colonel,  promotion  to 

Colonel,  original  appointment 


1,  5,  7,  11,  16,  18,  24,  27. 
5,  7,  13,  19,  20,  26. 

1,  5,  7,  11,  13,  16,  18,  19,  24,  26,  27. 

2,  5,  8,  12,  13,  14,  15,  17,  20,  25. 

1,2, 5,  8, 12, 13, 14, 15,  16, 17, 18, 19,  21, 24, 2 
3  6,9,10,22. 

2,  6,  9,  12,  14,  15,  17,  19,  22,  24,  26. 
4,  6,  9,  10,  22. 

3,  4,  6,  9,  10,  12,  14,  15,  17,  19,  23,  24,  26. 
9,22. 

3,  4,  6,  9,  10,  12,  14,  15,  17,  19,  23,  21,  26. 


»  One-third  of  the  total  of  all  other  subjects. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 
C.  FIELD  ARTILLERY. 


85 


Sub- 
ject. 


General  scope  of  examination. 


Relative 
weight. 


1  Administration  (oral  or  written) :  The  routine  reports,  returns  and  rolls  of  a  battery 8 

2  Administration  (oral  or  written):  Correspondence,  methods,  etc.,  pertaining  to  the  ad- 

ministration, supply,  and  messing  of  a  battery 4 

3  Administration,  National  Guard  Regulations,  general  knowledge  of  (oral  or  written) 4 

4  Administration,  Army  Regulations,  general  knowledge  of  Articles  I  to  XXIII,  inclusive, 

LIII,  LV,  and  LX  (oral  or  written) 4 

5  Drill  and  Service  Regulations  for  Field  Artillery,  Provisional  (oral,  written,  or  practical) : 

Volu  rne  1 6 

Drill  and  Service  Regulations  for  Field  Artillery,  Provisional  (oral,  written,  or  practical): 

Volume  III 0 

7     Drill  and  Service  Regulations  for  Field  Artillery,  Provisional  (oral,  written,  or  practical): 

Volumes  II  and  IV 

Field  Fortifications  (oral  or  written):  Notes  on  Field  Fortifications,  Army  Service 

Schools 

9     Field  Service  Repul  vtions  (oral  or  written):  Marches  and  convoys;  shelter;  administra- 
tion.   Tables  of  organization  for  a  battery  of  each  type 0 

10  Field  Service  Regulations  (oral  or  written):  Information;  security;  orders;  combat;  trans- 

portation.   Tables  of  Organization  of  all  Field  Artillery  units 

11  Guard  duty,  Manual  of  Interior  (oral  or  written):  Duties  of  officers  and  enlisted  men 2 

12  Guard  dut  v,  Manual  of  Interior  (oral  or  written):  Duties  of  officers,  including  command- 

ing office:  s 2 

13  Gunnery.    Practical  qualification  as  a  gunner  in  the  examination  for  batteries.    (Par.  7, 

G.  O.  'No.  61,  W.  D.  1915.) 

14  Gunnerv.    Practical  qualification  as  a  gunner  for  headquarters,  staffs,  etc.    (Par.  8, 

G.  O.'No.  61,  W.  D.  1915.) 4 

15  Gunnery  (oral,  written,  or  practical):  Field  Gunnery,  School  of  Fire.    Accuracy  of  fire ..  6 

16  Hippology  and  Stable  Management  (oral,  written,  or  practical):  The  cavalry  horse;  draft 

horse;  nomenclature;  conformation;  examination  for  soundness;  age  and  endurance  of 
horses;  bits,  bitting  and  training;  saddles:  seats;  transportation  of  horses;  the  horse's 
foot:  stable  management.  Handbook  for  Farriers  and  Wagoners,  D.  M.  A.,  1914 4 

17  Hippology  (oral,  written,  or  practical):  Army  Horse  in  Accident  and  Disease,  omitting  j 

preemptions  and  tropical  diseases 3 

18  Map  Problem.    Reconnoitering,  selecting  and  occupying  a  position  with  a  battery. 

Practical,  if  possible 4 

19  Materiel,  Handbook  of  the  gun  with  which  the  organization  is  equipped  (oral,  written, 

or  practical) 6 

20  Military  discipline  and  courtesy  (oral  or  written):  N.  C.  O.  Manual,  Chapters  1  to  14. ... 

21  Military  hygiene.    Manual  N.  C.  O.  and  Privates,  1917,  chapters  4  and  8  (oral  or  written):  ! 

Personal  h  g'ene !  3 

22  Military  law  (oral  or  written):  Manual  for  courts-martial  (chap.  1  to  7,  inclusive,  13  and  14,  • 

and  Appendixes  1,  2,  3,  and  4) t  5 

23  Military  protection  (oral  or  written):  War  Department  Document  No.  882 j  3 

24  Minortactics.    Notes  on  Field  Artillery.    Spaulding.    Employment  of  headquarters  de-  ; 

tails.    Provisional  Drill  and  Service  Regulations  for  Field  Artillery.    Problem  involv-  j 
ing  the  posting  and  employment  of  a  battalion.    When  troops  are  not  available  a  map 
problem  will  be  solved  (oral,  written,  or  practical,  or  combined) 5 

25  Minor  tactics.    Studies  in  Minor  Tactics— Army  School  of  the  Line.    Map  problem,  in-  : 

volving  the  employment  of  an  Artillery  regiment  as  a  part  of  a  mixed  command. 
Tables  of  Organization  to  include  the  brigade  of  each  arm  of  the  line  (oral  or  written) . .  5 

Minor  tactics.  Technique  of  Modern  Tactics.  Bond  and  McDonough.  Map  problem 
involving  the  employment  of  an  Artillery  brigade  operating  with  an  Infantry  division. 
Tables  of  Organization  of  an  Infantry  division  and  a  Cavalry  division  (oral  or  written) . .  5 

27  Practical  efficiency,  based  on  the  ability  or  probable  ability  of  the  candidate  to  handle 

men  and  perform  well  the  other  normal  duties  of  an  officer,  as  judged  by  his  experience 

in  civil  life (») 

28  Small- Arms  Firing  Manual.    Pistol  or  revolver  practice,  preliminary  drills,  position  and 

aiming  drills,  dismounted.    Revolver  and  pistol  range  practice.    The  dismounted 

course  (oral  or  written) 2 

29  Topography  (practical):  Map  reading 2 

30  Topography  (practical):  Route  sketch  of  not  less  than  2  miles  or  position  sketch  of  not 

less  than  one  quarter  mile  square...... 3 


(6)  Table  showing  subjects  in  which  candidate  shall  be  examined. 


Grade. 


Subject  (numbers  refer  to  above  list). 


Second  lieutenant  original  appointment. . 

First  lieutenant,  for  promotion  to 

First  lieutenant,  original  appointment. . .. 

Captain,  for  promotion  to 

Captain,  original  appointment 

Major,  for  promotion  to 

Major,  original  appointment 

Lieutenant  colonel,  for  promotion  to 

Lieutenant  colonel,  original  appointment. 

Colonel,  for  promotion  to 

Colonel,  original  appointment 


1,  5,  11,  13,  19,  20,  21,  27,  28,  29. 
6,  9,  14,  16,  18,  19,  23. 

1,  5,  6,  9,  11,  13,  14,  15,  16,  IS,  19, 20,  21,  23,  27,  29 

2,  7,  12,  17,  22,  30. 

1, 2, 5,  6, 7, 9, 12, 14. 16. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22,  23, 27, 30. 

3,  8,  10,  24. 

2,  3,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9, 10,  12,  16,  17,  22,  23,  24.  27. 
4,25. 

3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  12,  17,  22,  23,  25,  27. 
4,26. 

3,  4,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10,  12,  17,  22,  23,  25,  26,  27. 


» One-third  of  the  total  of  all  other  subjects. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 


D.  COAST  ARTILLERY. 

(NOTE.— Where  a  particular  book  or  pamphlet,  is  specified  under  any  subject,  only  so  much  of  the  book 
or  pamphlet  as  pertains  to  the  subject  need  be  considered.) 


General  scope  of  examination. 


Relative 
weight. 


Administration  (oral  or  written):  The  routine  reports,  returns,  and  rolls  of  a  company. 
The  officer  will  be  furnished  the  necessary  blank  forms  and  be  permitted  to  consult  the 
following:  Army  Regulations,  Manuals  for  Staff  Departments,  War  Department  Gen- 
eral Orders, 


Administration  (oral  or  written):  Preparation  of  the  ordinary  returns,  rolls,  requisi- 
tions, and  other  papers  with  which  an  officer  must  be  familiar  in  order  to  perform  the 
duties  of  a  company  commander,  and  of  a  staff  officer  of  a  fort,  coast  defense,  battalion, 
or  regiment.  The  officer  will  be  furnished  the  necessary  blank  forms  and  will  be  per- 
mitted to  r-onsult  the  following:  Army  Regulations,  Manuals  for  Staff  Departments, 
War  Department  General  Orders ". 

Administration  (oral  or  written):  National  Guard  Regulations;  Army  Regulations,  Ar- 
ticles I  to  XIII,  inclusive,  XXVI,  XXVII,  XXIX  to  XXXVI,  Inclusive,  XLVII, 
LIU,  LV,  and  LX ! '„... 

Drill  Regulations,  Coast  Artillery  (practical):  Duties  of  a  lieutenant  of  a  battery  in  drill 
or  in  practical  exercise.  Candidate  may  select  the  type  of  battery  upon  which  he  will 
be  examined 

Drill  Regulations,  Coast  Artillery  (practical):  Command  of  battery  of  type  which  candi- 
date may  elect,  alone  or  in  battalion  or  fire  command,  in  drill  or  in  practical  exercise.., 

Drill  Regulations,  Coast  Artillery  (practical):  Command  of  battalion  or  of  fire  command, 
of  typo  which  candidate  may  elect,  in  drill  or  in  practical  exercise 

Drill  Regulations,  Coast  Artillery  (practical):  Command  of  regiment,  fort,  or  coast  de- 
fense, of  type  selected  by  candidate,  in  drill  or  in  practical  exercise 

Drill  Regulations,  Infantry  (practical):  Command  of  a  squad  and  a  platoon,  alone  or  in 
the  company,  in  close  order  drill 

Drill  Regulations,  Infantry  (practical):  Command  of  a  company,  alone  or  in  battalion, 
in  close  order  drill. 

Electrical  Engineering  (oral,  written,  or  practical):  Knowledge  of  electrical  units  and 
measurements;  ability  to  supervise  the  care  and  operation  of  dynamos,  motors,  storage 
batteries,  and  searchlights.  Based  on  Elements  of  Electrical  Engineering.  D.  C. 
(Franklin  and  Esty),  and  on  pamphlets  issued  with  the  various  electrical  appliances.. 

Field  Service  Regulations  (oral  or  written):  Parts  land  II 

Field  Service  Regulations  (oral  or  written):  Kntire  text,  omitting  appendixes 

Guard  Duty,  Manual  of  Interior  (oral  or  written):  Entire  text,  omitting  paragraphs  308 
to  336,  inclusive,  and  appendixes 

Gunnery  (oral  or  written):  Heavy  Artillery  Gunnery  for  Field  Service.  Thorough 
knowfed  ge  of  entire  text 

Gunnery  (oral  or  written):  Heavy  Artillery  Gunnery  for  Field  Service.  General  knowl- 
edge of  Parts  I  and  II,  thorough  knowledge  of  Part  III 

Materiel  (oral  or  written):  Detailed  knowledge  of  all  materiel  of  the  battery  to  which  last 
assigned.  Based  on  Drill  Regulations  for  ("oast  Artillery,  pamphlets  issued  by  the 
Ordnance  Department,  and  Signal  Corps  Manual  No.  8 

Materiel  (oral  or  written):  General  knowledge  of  all  the  artillery  materiel  of  a  battalion 
or  fire  command,  of  type  selected  by  the  candidate.  Based  on  Drill  Regulations  for 
Coast  Artillery,  pamphlets  issued  by  the  Ordnance  Department,  and  Signal  Corps 
Manual  "0.8 

Materiel  (oral  or  written):  Care  and  preservation  of  artillery  materiel.  Based  on  Drill 
Regulations  for  Coast  Artillery,  pamphlets  Issued  by  the  Ordnance  Department,  and 
Signal  Corps  Manual  No.  8 

Mechanical  engineering  (oral  or  written):  Ability  to  supervise  the  care  and  operation  of 
internal  combustion  engines.  Based  on  Motor  Transportation  for  Heavy  Artillery  and 
on  pamphlets  issued  with  the  various  machines 

Military  discipline  and  courtesy  (oral  or  written):  Manual  for  noncommissioned  offi- 
cers and  privates  of  Coast  Artillery 

Military  explosives  (oral  or  written):  Storage  and  handling  of  explosives  and  ammuni- 
tion. Based  on  Drill  Regulations  for  Coast  Artillery 

Military  field  engineering  (oral  or  written):  Construction  of  emplacements  and  dugouts. 
Camouflage  of  positions.  Based  on  Engineer  Field  ^otes 

Military  hygiene  (oral  or  written):  Personal  hygiene.  First  aid.  Care  of  men  in  camp 
and  on  the  march.  Camp  sanitation.  Based  on  Elements  of  Military  Hygiene  (Ash- 
burn) 

Military  law  (oral  or  written):  Manual  for  Courts-Martial,  Chapters  I  to  VII,  inclusive, 
XIII  and  XIV,  and  Appendixes  L  2,  3,  and  4 

Motor  transport  (oral  or  written):  Motor  Transportation  for  Heavy  Artillery,  Chapters 
1,  and  30  to  33,  inclusive 

Orientation  (oral,  written,  or  practical):  Knowledge  of  duties  of  orientation  officer. 
Establishment  of  base  lines.  Based  on  Orientation  for  Heavy  Artillery,  entire  text. .. 

Practical  efficiency.  Based  on  the  ability  or  probable  ability  of  the  candidate  to  handle 
men  and  to  perform  well  the  normal  duties  of  an  officer,  as  determined  by  the  personal 
observations  of  the  examining  board  during  the  entire  examination  and  from  such 
records  and  reports  concerning  the  candidate  as  may  be  available 

Tactics  (map  or  terrain  exercise):  Problems  involving  command  of  a  battalion  of  tractor 
or  railway  artillery  or  of  a  fire  command.  Candidate  will  be  examined  on  the  type  of 
artillery  which  he  may  elect 

Tactics  (map  or  terrain  exercise):  Problems  involving  command  of  a  regiment  of  tractor 
or  railway  artillery  or  of  a  fort  or  coast  defense  command.  Candidate  will  be  examined 
on  the  type  of  artillery  which  he  may  elect 

Target  practice  (oral  or  practical):  Problems  involving  command  of  battery,  of  type 
selected  by  the  candidate 

Topography  (practical):  Map  reading.    Based  on  Orientation  for  Heavy  Artillery,  Part  I. 

Topography  (practical):  Position  and  panoramic  sketching.  Based  on  Military  Sketch- 
ing and  Map  Reading  (Grieves) 


One-third  of  the  total  of  all  other  subjects. 


NATIONAL   GUARD  REGULATIONS.  87 

(6)  Table  showing  subjects  in  which  candidates  shall  be  examined. 


Grade. 


Subject  (numbers  refer  to  above  list). 


Second  lieutenant,  original  appointment. 

First  lieutenant,  for  promotion  to 

Firstlieutenant,  original  appointment. . . 


Captain,  for  promotion  to 

Captain,  original  appointment . 


Major,  for  promotion  to 

Major,  original  appointment 

Lieutenant  colonel,  for  promotion  to 

Lieutenant  colonel,  original  appointment 

Colonel,  promotion  to 

Colonel,  original  appointment 


4,  S,  13,20,23,27,31. 

1,  4,  8, 11,  14,  16,  21,  22,  24,  25,  2fi,  27,  32. 

1, 4, 8, 11, 13, 14, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23,  24,  25,  26, 27,  31, 
32. 

2,  5,  9,  10,  14,  16,  18,  19,  27,  30. 

2,  5, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21,  22, 23,  24,  25, 
26,27,30,31,32. 

3,  6,  12,  17,  27,  28. 

3, 6, 10, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25,  27, 28, 31. 

3,  7,  12,  17,  27,  29. 

3,  7,  12,  15,  17,  20,  23,  24,  27,  29,  31. 

7,  12,  17,  27,  29. 

3,  7,  12,  15,  17,  20,  23,  24,  27,  29,  31. 


E.  ENGINEERS. 


Sub- 
ject. 


General  scope  of  examination. 


Relative 
weight. 


1  Administration  (oral  or  written)  to  include  official  correspondence,  and  routine  rolls, 

reports  and  returns,  and  methods  pertaining  to  the  administration,  supply,  and 

messing  of  a  company 4 

2  Administration  (oral  or  written)  general  knowledge  of  National  Guard  Regulations;  and 

Army  Regulations,  Article  I-XXIII,  inclusive,  LIII,  LV,  and  LX 4 

3  Animal  transportation  (oral  or  written)  based  on  Part  VI,  Engineer  Field  Manual 

4  Bayonet  combat  (oral  or  written)  based  on  Bayonet  Training  Manual,  1918,  War  Depart- 

ment Document  No.  754 '. 3 

5  Demolitions  (oral  or  written )  care  and  use  of  explosives,  paragraphs  206-231,  Part  V,  En- 

gineer Field  Manual,  191 S 3 

6  Demolitions  (oral  or  written)  military  demolitions,  paragraphs  237-266,  Part  V,  Engineer 

Field  Manual,  1918 3 

7  Duties  of  Engineers  (practical,  terrain  exercise)  to  include  problems  involving  use  of  a 

platoon  on  engineering  work  (see  appendixes  Nos.  2  and  3  to  Training  Circular  No.  1, 

O.  C.  E.,  OcC29, 1018) 12 

8  Duties  of  Engineers  (practical,  terrain  exercise)  to  include  problems  involving  use  of  a 

company  on  engineering  work  (see  appendixes  Nos.  2  and  3  to  Training  Circular 

No.  1,O.  C.  E.,  Oct.  29, 191S) 12 

9  Duties  of  Engineers  (practical  terrain  exercise)  to  include  problems  involving  use  of  a 

battalion  on  engineering  work  (see  appendixes  Nos.  2  and  3  to  Training  Circular  No.  1, 

O.  C.  E.,  Oct.  29, 191S) 12 

10     Duties  of  Engineers  (practical,  terrain  exercise)  to  include  problems  involving  use  of  a 
regiment  as  divisional  engineers  on  engineering  work  (see  appendixes  Nos.  2  and  3 

to  Training  Circular  No.  1,  O.  C.  E.,  Oct.  29, 1918 12 

Engineering,  civil  (oral  or  written )  general  theory  and  practice 10 

12  Engineering,  electi  ical  (oral  or  written)  general  theory  and  practice 5 

13  Engineering,  mechanical  (oral  or  written)  general  theory  and  practice 5 

14  Field  fortifications  (oral  or  written)  elementary  school,  as  given  in  Part  III,  War  Depart- 

ment Document  No.  872 3 

15  Field  fortifications  (oral  or  written)  advanced,  including  the  organization  of  the  ground 

for  defense  as  given  in  Part  I,  War  Department  Document  No.  872 3 

16  Field  Service  Regulations  (oral  or  written)  to  include  "information,"  "security,"  "or- 

ders," and  "marches  and  convoys"  (Art.  I-IV, inclusive,  Pt.  II.  F.  S.  R.,  1914) 3 

17  Field  Service  Regulations  (oral  or  written)  toinclude  "combat,"  "shelter,"  "administra- 

tion" (Art.  V-VI,  Pt.  II,  and  all  of  Pt.  Ill,  F.  S.R.,1914)  and  latest  Organization  Tables.  3 

$     Guard  duty,  Manual  of  Interior  (oral  or  written)  duties  of  officers  and  enlisted  men 2 

19  Guard  duty,  Manual  of  Interior  (oral  or  written),  duties  of  officers,  including  command- 

ing officers 2 

20  Infantry  Drill  Regulations  (practical),  command  of  a  squad  and  a  platoon,  alone  and  in 

company,  at  drill  or  in  the  field 6 

21  Infantry  Drill  Regulations  (practical),  command  of  a  company  alone  and  in  battalion, 

at  drill  or  in  the  field 6 

22  Infantry  Drill  Regulations  (practical),  command  of  a  batallion  alone  and  in  regiment,  at 

drill  or  in  the  field 6 

23  Military  bridges  (oral  or  written)  rigging,  spar,  trestle,  and  pile  bridges,  paragraphs  1-80, 

inclusive,  Pt.  II,  Engineer  Field  Manual,  1918 1 3 

24  Military  bridges  (oral  or  written)  floating,  cantilever ,  truss,  and  suspension  bridges,  para- 

graphs §1-162,  inclusive,  Pt.  II,  Engineer  Field  Manual,  1918 3 

25  Military  discipline  and  courtesy  (oral  or  written)  to  include  Chapters  I  and  XIV,  Manual 

for  Noncommissioned  Officers  and  Privates  of  Infantry 2 

26  Military  hygiene  (oral  or  written)  to  include  Chapters  IV  and  XIII,  Manual  for  Noncom- 

missioned Officers  and  Privates  of  Infantry 2 

27  Military  law  (oral  or  written)  to  include  Manual  for  Courts-martial,  United  States  Army, 

Chapters  I- VII  inclusive,  XIII  and  XIV,  and  appendixes  1,  2,3,  and  4 5 

28  Military  protection  (oral  or  written)  based  on  War  Department  Document  No.  882 3 

29  Minor  tactics  (practical,  map  or  terrain  exercise)  to  include  problems  involving  patrols 

and  command  of  a  platoon  as  infantry 6 

30  Minor  tactics  (practical,  map  or  terrain  exercise)  to  include  problems  involving  command 

of  a  company  as  infantry 8 


88 


NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS. 

E.  ENGINEERS— Continued. 


Sub- 
ject. 

General  scope  of  examination. 

Relative 
weight. 

31 

Minor  tactics  (practical,  map  or  terrain  exercise)  to  include  problems  involving  com- 
mand of  a  battalion  as  infantry  

6- 

32 

Minor  tactics  (practical,  map  or  terrain  exercise)  to  include  problems  involving  com- 
mand of  a  regiment  as  infantry 

6 

33 

Practical  efficiency  based  on  the  ability  or  probable  ability  of  the  candidate  to  handle 
men  and  perform  well  the  other  normal  duties  of  an  officer  as  judged  by  his  experience 
incivillife 

(!) 

34 

Roads  (oral  or  written)  based  on  Part  III,  Engineer  Field  Manual,  1918      

;     4 

35 
36 

Target  practice  (oral  or  written)  including  care  and  nomenclature  of  the  rifle  and  pistol, 
and  ''individual  instruction"  (Pt.  II,  Small  Arms  Firing  Manual)  
Target  practice  (oral  or  vrritten)  including  "combat  practice"  and  "courses  for  organ- 
ized militia"  (Pts.  Ill  and  V,  Small  Arms  Firing  Manual) 

3 

3 

37 

Topography  (practical)  map  reading  

2 

38 

Topography  (practical)  route  sketch  of  not  less  than  2  miles,  and  position  sketch  of  not 
less  than  one-quarter  mile  square 

4 

39 

Topography  (oral  or  written)  theory  and  practice  of  map  making  as  given  in  Part  I, 
Engineer  Field  Manual  

6 

(b]   Table  showing  subjects  for  examination  for  each  grade. 


Subject  (numbers  refer  to  above  list). 


Second  lieutenant,  original  appointment. 

First  lieutenant,  for  promotion  to 

First  lieutenant,  original  appointment. . . 

Captain,  for  promotion  to 

Captain,  original  appointment 


Ma]or,  for  promotion  to 

Major,  original  appointment 

Lieutenant  colonel  or  colonel,  for  promotion  to 

Lieutenant  colonel  or  colonel,  original  appointment. 


18,  20,  25,  26,  33,  37. 

1,  4,  5,  7,  14  , 20,  23,  28,  29,  35,  38. 

1,  4,  5,  7,  14,  18,  20,  23,  25,  26,  28,  29,  33,  35,  38. 

3,  6,  8,  15,  16,  19,  21,  24,  30,  34,  36.  39. 

1,  3,  4,  5,  6.  8,  14,  15,  16,  19,  21,  23,  24,  25,  26,  28, 
30,  33,  34,  35,  36,  39. 

2,  9,  11.  12,  13,  17,  22,  27,  31. 

1,  2,  3,  9, 11, 12\  li, 15, 16, 17, 19,  22,  27,  28,  31,  33. 
10,  22,  32. 

2,  3,  10,  11,  12,  13,  15,  16,  17,  19,  22,  27,  28,  32,  33. 


F.    SIGNAL   CORPS. 


The  appointee  should  be  a  telephone,  telegraph,  or  radio  engineer 
in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession  or  some  business  immediately 
connected  with  or  concerned  in  such  engineering  matters,  or  other- 
wise suitably  qualified. 


Sub- 
ject. 


General  scope  of  examination. 


Relative 
weight. 


12 


Ability  as  an  operator  (practical).  Sending  and  receiving  either  American  or  Interna- 
tional Morse  Code,  with  buzzer  or  sounder,  at  rate  of  15  words  per  minute 

Administration  (oral  and  written).  All  records  and  duties  relating  to  the  administration, 
supply  and  messing  of  a  Signal  Corps  company.  Correspondence,  routine  reports, 
returns,  and  rolls  of  a  company.  Special  Regulations  No.  57 

Administration  (oral  and  written).  General  knowledge  of  National  Guard  Regu- 
lations and  Army  Regulations.  Art.  I-XXIII,  inclusive,  Lin,  LV,  and  LX — 

Drill  Regulations  for  Signal  Troops  (practical).  Command  of  a  platoon  at  drill  and 
in  a  field  problem 

Drill  Regulations  for  Signal  Troops  (practical).  Command  of  a  company  at  drill  and 
in  a  field  problem 

Drill  Regulations  for  Signal  Troops  (practical).  Command  of  a  battalion  in  a  field  prob- 
lem  

Drill  Regulations  for  Signal  Troops  (practical).  Dismounted  instruction;  duties  of  one 
type  of  Signal  Corps  company ,  — 

Drill  Regulations  for  Signal  Troops  (oral  or  written).  Entire  text  excepting  those  por- 
tions covered  under  subjects  1,  20,  23,  24,  25,  26 

Elementary  electricity  (oral  or  written).  Fundamental  principles  of  direct  and  alter- 
nating currents;  units  and  measurements;  primary  and  secondary  batteries;  genera- 
tors and  motors,  based  on  "Lessons  in  Practical  Electricity,"  Swope,  or  other  text  of 
similar  scope 

Field  Service  Regulations  (oral  or  written):  Entire  text 

Field  Service  Regulations  (oral  or  written):  Information,  security,  orders,  marches,  com- 
bat, shelter 

Liaison  for  all  Arms  (oral  or  written):  Entire  text,  War  Department  Document  830.... 


i  One-third  of  the  total  of  all  other  subjects. 

(Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 
F.  SIGNAL  CORPS— Continued. 


89 


Sub- 
ject. 


General  scope  of  examination. 


Relative 
weight. 


13  Liaison  (oral  or  written):  Based  on  "Liaison  for  All  Arms"  (War  Department  Docu-  j 

ment830) !  4 

14  Manual  of  Interior  Guard  Duty.    Entire  text i  2 

15  Military  Law  (oral  or  written):  Manual  for  Courts-Martial,  1917,  Chapters  I  to  VII,  j 

inclusive,  XIII,  XIV,  and  Appendixes  1,  2,  3  and  4;  also  Art.  XII,  National  Guard 
Regulations,  1919 3 

16  Military  Hygiene  (oral  or  written):  Chaps,  IV  and  VII,  Manual  for  Noncommissioned 

Officers  and  Privates  of  Infantry,  1917 2 

17  Small  Arms  Firing  Manual  (oral  or  written):  Chap.  XI  and  Manual  of  the  Auto- 

matic Pistol,  Cal.  .45,  War  Department  Document  801 

18  Practical  efficiency:  Based  on  the  rrobable  or  demonstrated  ability  of  the  candidate  to 

handle  men  and  to  perform  well  the  other  normal  duties  of  a  Signal  Corps  officer 

*19  Radio  communications  (oral  or  written  and  practical):  Operation  of  the  radio  telegraph 

sets  assigned  to  Field  Signal  troops 4 

*20  Radio  communications  (oral  or  written  and  practical):  Theory  of  radio  telegraphy,  de- 
scription and  operation  of  all  types  of  Signal  Corps  radio  equipment 6 

21  Topography  (practical):  Map  reading 2 

22  Topography  (practical):  Road  or  position  sketch  (route  sketch  not  less  than  two  miles 

or  position  sketch  not  less  than  one-quarter  mile  square) 3 

23  Visual  communications  (practical):  Ability  to  send  and  receive  with  lamp  and  flag  at 

rate  of  15  mixed  characters  per  minute 2 

24  Visual  communications  (oral  or  written  and  practical):  All  forms  of  visual  signaling;  de- 

scription and  operation  of  equipment 

f25  Wire  communications  (oral  or  written  and  practical):  Field  telephones,  buzzers  and 

buzzer  phones.  Construction  of  field  lines '. 4 

f26  Wire  communications  (oral  or  written  and  practical):  Local  and  common  battery 
telephony,  telegraphy;  description  and  operation  of  all  types  Signal  Corps  wire  equip- 
ment furnished  to  field  troops,  Signal  Corps.  Construction  and  maintenance  of 

wire  lines  in  open  and  trench  warfare 

i 

*  For  company  officers  of  radio  company.       f  For  company  officers  of  wire  and  outpost  companies, 
i  One-third  the  total  of  all  other  subjects. 

(6)  Table  showing  subjects  in  which  applicants  shall  be  examined. 

Grade.  Subject  (numbers  refer  to  above  list). 

Second  lietenant,  original  appointment 7,9, 14, 18,  21,  23. 

First  lieutenant,  for  promotion  to 1 ,  2,  4,  8, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18,  (x)19,  22,  24,  (z)25. 

First  lieutenant,  original  appointment 1,  2,  4, 8, 9. 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18,  (x)19,  21,  22, 

23,  24,  (z)25. 

Captain,  for  promotion  to 1,  3,  5,  8,  10,  13,  15,  16,  18,  (x)20,  24,  (z)26. 

Captain,  original  appointment 1,  3,  5,8,  9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18,  (x)20,  21,  22,  24, 

Major,  for  promotion  to.. .  . .   G,  8, 13, 18,  20,  26. 

Major,  for  original  appointment 6,  8, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16,  17,  18,  20,  21,  24,  26. 


(x)  For  officers  of  radio  company. 


(z)  For  officers  of  wire  and  outpost  companies. 

(Changes  No.  lt  December  18, 1919.) 


89A 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS, 
G.  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 


Sub- 
ject. 


General  scope  of  examination. 


Relative 

weight. 


1  Anatomy 

2  Chemistry 

3  Hygiene 

4  Materia  medica  and  therapeutics 

5  Obstetrics  and  gynecology 

6  Physiology  and  histology 

7  Practice  of  medicine 

8  Surgery 

9  Army  Regulations  and  National  Guard  Regulations  as  far  as  they  relate  to  the  Medical 

Department  or  to  the  medical  officer  as  an  officer  of  the  Army  and  the  National  Guard, 
1917 

10  Field  Service  Regulations 

11  Manual  for  the  Medical  Department,  1917 

12  Drill  Regulations  and  Service  Manual  for  Sanitary  Troops  ,1917 

13  Manual  for  Courts-Martial,  1917:  Chapters  I  to  VII,  inclusive,  XIII,  XIV,  and  Appen- 

dixes 1,  2,  3,  and  4 

14  Medical  Department  Administration  (oral) 

15  Military  correspondence 

16  Recruiting  and  finger  printing 

17  Practice  of  medicine,  including  tropical  diseases  and  recent  progress  in  etiology,  pathol- 

ogy, and  therapeutics  (oral) 

18  Surgery,  including  recent  progress  in  etiology,  pathology,  and  therapeutics  (oral) 

19  Hygiene,  general  and  military  (oral) 

20  Organization  and  administration  of  the  Medical  Department  in  war,  including  map 

reading  (oral) 

21  Recent  progress  in  medicine  and  surgery  and  in  hygiene  (oral) 

22  Medico-military  map  problem.    This  problem  will  be  so  drawn  as  to  test  the  candi- 

date's ability  to  apply  practically  his  knowledge  of  the  duties  of  a  division  surgeon, 
including  sanitation,  sanitary  tactics,  and  the  proper  handling  of  the  medical  per- 
sonnel of  a  division  in  campaign 

I 


i  One-third  of  the  total  of  all  other  subjects. 


[Continued  on  page  90] 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 
G.  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT—  Continued. 

90 

Sub- 
ject. 

General  scope  of  examination. 

Relative 
weight. 

23 
24 

A  medico-  military  map  problem.   This  problem  will  be  so  drawn  as  to  test  the  ability  of 
the  candidate  to  apply  his  knowledge  in  the  practical  solution  of  any  of  the  large  prob- 
lems concerning  organization,  supply,  sanitation,  and  the  medico-military  matters 
which  may  confront  the  chief  surgeon  of  higher  tactical  units  either  at  home  or  abroad  . 
Bacteriology  

25 

Physics  and  metallurgy  

26 

27 

Clinical  examination  (dental)  

28 

Army  Regulations  and  National  Guard  Regulations  so  far  as  they  relato  to  the  Dental 
Corps  of  the  U.  S.  Army  and  the  National  Guard  as  officers  of  the  U.  S.  Army  and 
National  Guard                                      ..             

29 

Manual  for  the  Medical  Department  so  far  as  it  relates  to  the  Dental  Corps  

30 

Orthodontia                              

31 

Operative  dentistry,  including  recent  progress  in  etiology,  pathology,  therapeutics,  and 
operative  procedure  

32 

Hygiene  including  feeding  and  watering,  stabling,  heat,  light  and  ventilation 

33 

34 

Inspection  of  animal  foods,  as  meat  and  milk,  and  quarantine  rules  and  regulations  

35 

Pathology,  bacteriology  and  parasitology  

36 

Practice  01  medicine  

87 

Surgery  (general,  operative,  dental,  and  of  the  feet,  including  shoeing)  

8 

The  practical  examination  for  veterinary  surgeons  will  comprise  the  physical  examina- 
tion of  the  animal,  with  diagnosis  and  treatment  ;  the  conformation  of  the  animal  and  the 
examination  of  tne  animal  for  soundness;  and  a  demonstration  of  the  principles  of 

shoein" 

(6)  Table  showing  subjects  in  which  applicants  shall  be  examined. 


Grade. 


Subject  (numbers  refer  to  above  list). 


MEDICAL  CORPS. 


First  lieutenant,  original  appointment 

Captain,  for  promotion  to 

Major,  original  appointment 

Major,  for  promotion  to 

Lieutenant  colonel,  original  appointment. 

Lieutenant  colonel,  for  promotio'n  to 

Colonel,  original  appointment 

Colonel,  for  promotion  to 


DENTAL  CORPS. 


pointment. 


First  lieutenant,  < 

Captain,  for  promotion  to 

Appointment  or  promotion  to  higher  grades . 


VETERINARY  CORPS. 


Second  lieutenant,  original  appointment 

Appointment  or  promotion  to  higher  grades . 


1  to  8,  Inclusive. 

9  to  18,  Inclusive. 

1  to  20,  inclusive. 

20  and  21. 

1  to  22,  inclusive. 

22. 

1  to  23,  Inclusive. 


1.2,4,6.24.25.26,27. 
13,  28,  2d,  30,  3i. 

Same  as  prescribed  for  same  grade  In  Dental 
Corps,  U.  S.  Army. 

1,  2,  4,  6,  32,  33,  34.  35,  36,  37,  38. 

Same  as  prescribed  for  same  grade  in  Veterinary 
Corps,  U.  S.  Army. 


H.  THE  QUARTERMASTER  CORPS. 
For  all  officers. 


Sub- 
ject. 

General  scope  of  examination. 

Relative 
weight. 

1 

Administration:  Army  Regulations,  Articles  XLIX,  L,  LI,  LII,  LIV,  LV,  LVI, 
LXXIII  »  i  ,  .  i  »  i 

3 

2 

General  duties:  Manual  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps;  exemplification  of  use  of  blank  forms 
in  preparation  of  contracts,  bonds,  returns,  accounts  current,  bills  of  lading,  transporta- 
tion requests,  public  vouchers,  pay  rolls,  etc 

5 

3 

Transportation:  United  States  Army  Transport  Regulations;  Field  Service  Regulations, 
Articles  IV  and  VI;  Practical  efficiency  in  transporting  troops  and  impedimenta  by 
land  (rail,  wagon,  and  pack)  and  water;  care  of  animals  on  cars  and  transports 

2 

4 

Military  law:  Manual  for  Courts-Martial;  the  law  of  War;  civil  functions  and  relations  of 
the  military;  Instructions  for  the  government  of  armies  of  the  United  States  in  the  field 
(Rules  of  Land  Warfare,  with  appendixes) 

3 

5 

Hippology:  The  cavalry  horse;  draft  horses;  mules;  inspection  and  purchase;  nomen- 
clature; conformation;  examination  for  soundness;  age  of  horses;  endurance  of  horses; 
care  of  animals,  feeding,  watering,  the  horse's  foot;  shoeing;  stable  management. 
Stables:  construction,  lighting,  ventilation.  Forage:  Kinds  and  relative  values; 

Inspection  of;  r>ansp.s  nf  fjptfirlnratinn;  prnp«T  r»arP  nf  ,.»..  

2 

NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  91 

I.  THE    ORDNANCE    DEPARTMENT. 

For  all  officers. 


Sub- 
ject. 

General  scope  of  examination. 

Relative 
weight. 

1 

Administration:  Army  Regulations,  Articles  I-V.  IX-XIII,  and  XXIX-XXXII,  all 
inclusive,  and  Articles  XXXIX,  XL,  L-LVI,  LX,  LXI,  LXXVI;  Ordnance  Regu- 

4 

2 

General  duties  of  ordnance  officers  in  the  field  in  accordance  with  functions  assigned  by 
Tables  of  Organization                            ........ 

6 

3 

Property:  Equipment  manuals  of  all  arms  

2 

4 

Transportation:  Held  Service  Regulations,  Article  IV,  Ammunition  Service.    Regula- 
tions for  the  Transportation  of  E  xplosives  ,  Interstate  Commerce  Commission  

4 

5 

Military  law:  Manual  of  Courts-Martial,  Chapters  I-  VII,  inclusive,  XIII,  XIV,  and  Ap- 
pendixes 1  2,  3,  and  4         .        

3 

6 

Materiel:  Practical;  description  and  care  of  different  types  of  ordnance  materiel  

4 

7 

Experience  of  officers  in  civil  life  analogous  to  practical  duties  of  ordnance  officers  in 
the  field                          

6 

K.  INSPECTOR-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT. 

To  be  eligible  for  appointment  in  Inspector  General's  Department 
an  officer  must  have  had  at  least  five  years'  service  in  the  line. 

For  all  officers. 


Sub- 
ject. 

General  scope  of  examination. 

Relative 
weight. 

1 

Administration:  Army  Regulations,  Articles  LII,  LIIT,  and  LXVII;  National  Guard 
Regulations,  complete  

5 

2 

Drill  Regulations  oflnfantry,  Cavalry,  Field  Artillery,  and  Coast  Artillery,  forcomoany, 
troop  battery  battalion  and  regiment 

3 

3 

Field  Service  Regulations,  complete;  Tables  of  Organization  toinclude  the  brigade 

3 

4 

5 

6 

Hippology:  The  cavalry  horse,  draft  horses,  mules,  inspection  and  purchase;  nomencla- 
ture; conformation;  examination  for  soundness;  age  of  horses;  endurance  of  horses, 
bits,  bitting,  and  training;  saddles,  seats;  transportation  of  horses;  the  horse's  foot; 
care  of  horses;  feeding,  watering.     Stables:  Construction,  lighting,  ventilating.     For- 
age: Kinds,  relative  value;  inspection  of;  causes  of  deterioration;  proper  kind  of  .> 
Inspection,  service  of  armies  in  the  field:  Special  Regulations  No.  69,  W.  D.,  1917  
Manual  of  Guard  Duty  Complete 

3 
5 
3 

7 

Military  law:  Manual  for  Courts-Martial,  Chapters  I  to  VII,  inclusive,  XIII  and  XIV, 
and  Appendixes  123  and  4 

3 

g 

5 

L.  THE  JUDGE   ADVOCATE   GENERAL'S   DEPARTMENT. 

For  all  officers. 

The  candidate  shall  produce  a  diploma  from  a  regularly  established 
law  school  of  good  reputation,  and  shall  submit  evidence  showing 
that  he  has  been  a  practicing  attorney  in  good  standing  for  a  period 
of  at  least  two  years.  The  evidence  should  include  letters  from 
judges  before  whom  he  has  practiced,  a  list  of  the  more  important 
cases  in  which  he  has  appeared,  a  list  of  any  legal  writings  or  treatises 
of  which  he  is  the  author,  and  such  other  testimonials  or  evidence 
of  his  legal  qualifications  as  he  may  care  to  submit. 


Sub- 
ject. 

General  scope  of  examination. 

Relative 
weight. 

1 

Administration:  Army  Regulations,  complete,  but  especially  Articles  XLIV,  XLV1I, 
LXVIII,  LXIX,  LXX,  LXXI,  LXXlf,  and  the  Articles  of  War;  Regulations  for  the 
National  Guard  complete 

5 

2 

4 

3 

International  Law  (Davis)                                                            .         ....      ....... 

3 

4 

Military  Government  and  Martial  Law  (Birkhimer) 

4 

5 

Military  Law:  Manual  for  Courts-Martial  complete         

6 

6 

Revised  Statutes  and  acts  of  Congress  relating  to  the  organization  of  the  Military  Estab- 
lishment of  the  United  States,  including  the  Regular,  volunteer  and  drafted  forces, 
and  the  National  Guard      

fi 

92  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

M.   CHAPLAINS. 
To  be  first  lieutenant. 

General:  In  addition  to  the  general  requirements  for  appointment 
as  officers,  the  candidate  must  submit  evidence  showing:  first,  that 
he  is  a  regularly  ordained  minister  of  some  religious  denomination; 
second,  that  he  is  in  good  standing  in  such  denomination;  third,  that 
he  is  recommended  for  appointment  by  some  authorized  ecclesiastical 
body,  or  by  not  fewer  than  five  accredited  ministers  of  the  same; 
and  fourth,  that  he  has  had  pastoral  work  as  a  clergyman. 

Essay:  An  essay  of  not  fewer  than  2,000  words  upon  any  subject 
selected  by  the  candidate. 

To  be  captain. 

The  subjects  required  for  an  examination  to  be  first  lieutenant, 
except  in  cases  where  the  candidate  holds  a  commission  as  first 
lieutenant,  and  in  addition  thereto,  the  following  subjects: 

Service:  Evidence  that  the  candidate  has  completed  seven  years'  service. 
Administration:  So  much  of  Army  Regulations  and  general  orders  of  the  War 

Department  as  relate  to  the  duties  of  chaplains 3 

Military  Law:  Manual  of  Courts-Martial,  Chapters  I  to  VII,  inclusive,  XIII 

and  XIV,  and  Appendixes  1,  2,  3,  and  4 3 

Essay:  An  essay  of  not  fewer  than  3,000  words  upon  the  work  of  a  chaplain  in 

the  military  sendee,  and  the  methods  by  which  it  may  be  accomplished....          6 

N.  ADJUTANT   GENERAL'S   DEPARTMENT. 

(Including  assistants  to  the  Chief  of  Staff  of  Infantry  Divisions.) 

For  all  officers. 


Sub- 
ject. 

General  scope  of  examination. 

Relative 
weight. 

1 

Administration:  Army  Regulations,  Articles  I  to  XXVI,  inclusive;  XXVHI  to  XLIV. 
inclusive;  LXVII,  LIII,  LV,  LVIII  to  LXV,  inclusive;  LXIX  to  LXXI,  inclusive; 
Bulletin  16,  War  Department,  1916;  correspondence,  General  Order  No.  23,  War  De- 
partment, 1912;  National  Guard  Regulations,  complete  

g 

2 

Drill  Regulations:  For  brigade  adjutants:  Drill  regulations  of  own  arm  of  service.  For 
division  adjutants:  Drill  regulations  of  Infantry,  Cavalry,  and  Field  Artillery. 

3 

3 

Field  Service  Regulations,  complete  .... 

4 

4 

Map  Problems:  One  map  problem:  a  brigade  or  reenforced  brigade  in  security,  attack, 
and  defense  based  on  Field  Service  Regulations  

3 

5 

Military  Law:  Manual  for  Courts-Martials,  Chapters  I  to  VII,  inclusive,  XIII,  XIV, 

4 

FORM  OF  RECORD  OF  AN  EXAMINING  BOARD. 

RECORD  OF  AN  EXAMINING  BOARD. 

No Candidate 

Organization 

State 

For  appointment  as 

(Rank.)  (Arm.) 

Proceedings  of  an  examining  board  appointed  to  meet  at pursuant 

to War  Department,  dated and 

Place 

Date. .  


NATIONAL  GUAED  REGULATIONS.  93 

The  board  met  pursuant  to  the  foregoing  instructions  at o'clock  . .  m. 

Present: 


Absent: 


The  order  directing to  report  for  examination  and  the 

order. .  detailing  the  members  of  the  board  were  read,  and  the  officer  to  be  examined 
was  asked  if  he  objected  to  any  member  of  the  board,  to  which  he  replied  l 

The  members  of  the  board  and  the  recorder  were  duly  sworn. 

The  board  then  proceeded  to  examine    

, , and  continued  the  examination 

(Name.)  (Organization.)  (Stale.) 

until  it  was  completed, 

(Date.) 
The  following  papers  are  submitted: 

Certificate  of  the  medical  officer. 
Records  from  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 
Individual  record  of  the  candidate. 
Candidate's  certificate  as  to  physical  condition. 

testimonial . .  as  to  moral  character. 

recommendation. .  from  his  superior  officer. .. 

Questions  and  answers  in  the  written  examination  in  the  following  subjects: 


The  elementary  examination  was  waived  for  the  reason  that. 


The  candidate  was  excused  from  examination  in  the  subjects  required  for  a  com- 
mission in  the  following  lower  grades  for  the  reason  that  he  presented  commissions 
dated , , 

showing  that  he  had  previously  passed  the  examination  in  those  subjects: 

The  candidate  was  excused  from  examination  in  the  following  subjects  for  the  rea- 
son that  he  presented  a  diploma  from  the  United  States  Military  or  Naval  Academy 
or  such  military  school  of  the  United  States  Army: 

or 

certificate 

from  the  War  Department  dated , 

, ,  and ,  showing  that 

he  had  completed  satisfactorily course  ..  embracing  the  ..  subject  ... 


1  Should  an  officer  express  no  objection,  the  words  "in  the  negative ''  will  be  entered  here  and  the  record 
continued  on  the  following  page.  Should  he  object  tc  any  member,  the  objection  and  the  proceedings 
of  the  board  with  reference  thereto  will  follow.  The  introduction  of  counsel,  if  any,  the  testimony  taken, 
and  the  final  action  will  be  recorded,  additional  sheets  beinginserted  in  the  record  when  necessary.  Should 
an  objection  be  sustained,  the  adjournment  of  the  board,  the  report  to  the  convening  authority,  his  action 
in  the  premises,  and  the  reassembling  of  the  board  with  all  members  present  will  be  similarly  recorded. 
Any  further  challenges  will  be  entered  in  the  same  manner,  the  record  being  continued  en  inserted  sheets 
until  the  composition  of  the  board  by  which  the  officer  is  finally  examined,  and  the  convening  of  this  board 
with  all  members  present,  are  shown. 


94 


NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 


Questions  were  given  out  so  that  everything  in  the  hands  of  the  candidate  could  be 
answered  before  a  recess  or  adjournment. 


The  candidate 


leave  the  room  before  completing  the  answers  to  the  ques- 


tions in  his  possession. 

The  candidate  and  the  president  of  the  board  have  signed  the  required  certificates 
on  the  examination  papers  in  each  subject. 

The  candidate  had  °Ue  practical  examination.  .  in.  .  ,  .  .and  the  marks  in 

two 

the  examination.,  are  recorded.    The  outline  of  the  exercises  given  is  as  follows 
(enter  in  the  case  of  failure  only): 


Upon  the  completion  of  the  examination  the  board  reassembled  and  finds  as  follows: 


The  candidate  is  disqualified  by  reason  of 

The  cause  of  his  physical  disability  is  as  follows: 


His  moral  character  is satisfactory. 

His  physical  condition  is satisfactory. 

His  record  of  service  and  general  suitability  are satisfactory. 

His  horsemanship  is satisfactory. 

The  board  marked  every  question  in  each  subject  of  the  examination,  and  the  fol- 
lowing marks  are  awarded. 


No. 

1 
2 
3 

4 

5 
6 
7 
8 
9 
10 
11 
12 

Subjects. 

Marks  for  each  question. 

Per  cent- 
ages. 

1  Relative 
1  weights. 

I  Products. 

Elementary  examination. 

Professional  examination. 

NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  95 

General  average, 

The  board  is  of  the  opinion  that has  the  physical,  moral,  and 

professional  qualifications  to  perform  efficiently  all  the  duties  of 

(Grade  and  arm,  corps  or  department.) 

and  recommends  that  he  be  recognized  as  such  in  the  National  Guard  of 

under  the  provisions  of  the  national  defense  act. 

(State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia.) 


(President.) 
(Member.) 


(Recorder.) 

NOTE.— This  form  will  be  used  in  reporting  the  proceedings  of  examining  boards  for  officers  of  the  National 
Guard.  Portions  not  applicable  will  be  lined  out.  The  conclusions  and  recommendations  of  the  board 
will  be  regarded  as  confidential.  The  proceedings  will  be  completed,  verified,  and  forwarded  without 
delay  to  the  chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  War  Department.  Only  one  copy  is  required. 


ARTICLE    VH. 

SEPARATION  OF  OFFICERS  FROM  THE  SERVICE  AND 
TRANSFER  OF  OFFICERS. 

303.  The  commissions  of  officers  of  the  National  Guard  are  vacated 
by  death,  upon  receipt  by  them  of  notification  of  acceptance  by 
proper  authority  of  resignation,  by  dismissal  pursuant  to  sentence 
of  a  court-martial,  by  dropping  from  the  rolls  for  an  absence  without 
leave  for  three  months,  and  for  failure  to  qualify  under  sections  74 
and  75,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  by  discharge  (a)  for  physical  disa- 
bility on  recommendation  of  a  board  of  medical  officers,  or  (b)  upon 
recommendation  of  an  efficiency  board,  or  (c)  when  they  reach  the 
age  of  64  years. 

304.  At  any   time   the  moral  character,   capacity,   and  general 
fitness  for  the  service  of  any  officer  may  be  determined  by  an  effi- 
ciency board  of  three  commissioned  officers  senior  in  rank  to  the 
officer  whose  fitness  for  service  shall  be  under  investigation.     In  case 
of  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  in  the  service  of  the  United  States, 
the  board  will  be  appointed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  or  the  command- 
ing officer  of  a  territorial  department,  a  separate  brigade,  a  tactical 
division,  or  a  higher  tactical  unit.     If  the  officer  under  investigation 
s  not  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  the  board  will  be  appointed 
by  the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory,  or  by  the  Secretary  of  War 
for  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia.     In  cases  where  there  are  not 
sufficient  officers  of  the  National  Guard  senior  in  rank  to  the  officers 
under  investigation,  the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory  concerned 
can  apply  to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  detail  of  officers  from  the 
Regular  Army  or  National  Guard  to  act  as  members  of  efficiency 
boards.     Allowances   tor   actual   and   necessary   expenses    of   such 
officers  will  be  as  outlined  in  paragraph  726  of  these  regulations,  the 
expenses  of  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  being  chargeable  against 
funds  appropriated  for  travel  of  Federal  officers  and  noncommissioned 
officers  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard,  and  those  of  officers  of  the 
National  Guard  being  chargeable  against  funds  apportioned  to  the 
State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,  under  the  sub  appropriation 
"General  expenses,   equipment  and  instruction,  National  Guard," 
apportionment  for  "Equipment  and  incidental  expenses,"  provided 
sufficient  funds  remain  to  the  credit  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  for  the  purpose,  otherwise  from  funds  other  than 
Federal.     Expense  accounts  of  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  for  such 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  97 

travel  will  be  settled  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  paragraph 
659  (a).  If  the  findings  of  such  board  be  unfavorable  to  such  officer, 
and  be  approved  by  the  official  authorized  to  appoint  such  officer,  he 
shall  be  discharged.  Boards  so  convened  will  be  governed,  as  far  as 
practicable,  by  the  rules  of  procedure  and  evidence  applicable  to 
special  courts-martial.  The  board  has  no  authority  to  function, 
except  to  adjourn,  unless  all  members  are  present.  Separate  pro- 
ceedings will  be  made  in  each  case  and  will  include: 

(a)  The  order  convening  the  board. 

(b)  The  organization  of  the  board,  including  the  place  and  date 
and  the  names  of  the  members  present  and  absent. 

(c)  The  full  name,  rank,  and  organization  of  the  officer  whose 
case  is  before  the  board  for  investigation  as  to  his  fitness  for  service, 
and  a  statement  to  the  effect  that  such  officer  appeared  before  the 
board,  was  permitted  to  challenge  for  cause,  was  permitted  to  be 
present  during  the  hearing  of  all  evidence,  and  was  afforded  oppor- 
tunity to  be  represented  by  counsel,  to  question  adverse  witnesses, 
to  submit  evidence,  and  to  make  a  statement,  either  in  his  proper 
person  or  by  counsel. 

(d)  The  full  name,   rank,   and  organization  of  each  witness,   a 
statement  that  each  witness  was  duly  sworn,  and  a  transcript  or 
summary  of  the  testimony  given  by  each  witness. 

(e)  True  copies  of  all  written  evidence  considered  by  the  board. 
(/)  A  transcript  or  summary  of  any  evidence  given  or  statement 

made  by  the  officer  undergoing  the  investigation,  and  a  copy  or 
synopsis  of  any  argument  made  by  counsel. 

(g]   The  findings  and  recommendation  of  the  board. 

Qi)  A  minority  report  by  any  member  who  dissents  from  the 
findings  of  the  board. 

305.  The  proceedings,  in  duplicate,  should  be  signed  by  all  mem- 
bers, and  if  the  findings  be  unfavorable  to  the  officer  investigated 
they  shall  be  forwarded,  with  the  recommendations  of  the  convening 
authority,  to  the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory  concerned,  or 
to  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  National  Guard  of  the  District  of 
Columbia,  and  the  duplicate  copy  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 
If  the  officer  under  investigation  is  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States  under  call,  proceedings,  upon  approval  by  the  governor,  will 
be  forwarded  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  for  the  action  of 
the  President.     If  the  officer  is  not  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States  his  discharge  may  be  ordered  by  the  governor  of  the  State 
or  Territory  concerned,   or  by  the  President  for  the   District  of 
Columbia. 

306.  An  officer  not  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  who  desires 
to  resign  will  submit  his  resignation  to  the  adjutant  general  of  his 

128174°— 19 7 


98  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

State  or  Territory  through  military  channels,  and  the  action  thereon 
by  the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory  will  be  final.  In  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  resignations  will  be  submitted  through  military 
channels  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  for  the  action  of  the 
President. 

307.  An  officer  of  the  National  Guard  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States  who  desires  to  resign  will  submit  his  resignation,   through 
prescribed  channels,  to  the  War  department  for  the  decision  of  the 
President. 

308.  The  commissions  of  officers  will  be  vacated  when  they  reach 
the  age  of  64  years.     This  separation  from  service  will  be  accom- 
plished by  an  order  issued  by  the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory 
to  which  the  officer  belongs  and  by  the  commanding  general,  District 
of  Columbia  Militia,  in  the  case  of  the  District  of  Columbia. 

309.  Officers  may  be  transferred  to  the  National  Guard  Reserve 
upon  their  own  application  after  completing  three  years'  service  in 
an  active  organization  or  when  rendered  surplus  by  the  disband- 
ment   of    their    organizations.     Transfers    to    the    National   Guard 
Reserve  shall  be  made  by  the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory  or 
by  the  President  for  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia. 

310.  Officers  who  have  been  brought  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States  under  call  and  who  desire  to  be  transferred  to  the  National 
Guard  Reserve  will  submit  their  applications  through  official  chan- 
nels to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

311.  All  appointments,  promotions,  resignations,  discharges,  and 
all  transfers  to  the  National  Guard  Reserve  of  officers  will  be  re- 
ported immediately  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  with  the 
name,  rank,  and  organization  of  the  officer  and  the  date  of  change 
in  his  status,  on  Form  105,  M.  B.     Copy  of  orders  should  be  furnished. 

312.  Whenever  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  brought  into  the 
service  of  the  United  States  other  than  by  draft  is  separated  from 
the  service  through  death,  discharge,  or  otherwise,  or  is  transferred 
to  another  organization,  or  to  the  reserve,  his  commanding  officer 
will  at  once  notify  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia,  to  which  the  command  belongs  and  will 
furnish  such  adjutant  general  copies  of  all  orders  issued  in  each  case. 


ARTICLE  VIII. 

APPOINTMENT  OF  NONCOMMISSIONED  OFFICERS. 
A.  ALL  ARMS  EXCEPT  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

313.  Noncommissioned   staff   officers   and   company   noncommis- 
sioned officers  of  all  arms  except  Medical  Department  are  appointed, 
reduced,  and  furnished  with  warrants  when  the  National  Guard  is 
not  in  Federal  service,  as  provided  for  in  Army  Regulations,  except 
where  the  constitution  or  laws  of  a  State  specifically  prescribe  other- 
wise.    (See  pars.  256,  271  to  274,  inclusive,  276  to  278,  inclusive,  and 
310,  A.  R.,  1913.) 

314.  Where  Army  Regulations  provide  for  the  appointment  of 
noncommissioned  officers  by  the  Secretary  of  War  or  a  chief  of  bureau, 
the  appointment  to  corresponding  positions  in  the  National  Guard 
will  be  made  by  the  Governor  of  a  State  or  Territory  or  by  the 
commanding  general  for  the  District  of  Columbia. 

B.  MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

315.  No  person  will  be  appointed  a  sergeant  first  class  or  sergeant 
in  the  Medical  Department  of  the  National  Guard  unless  he  shall 
have  passed  a  satisfactory  examination  before  a  board  of  one  or 
more  medical  officers  as  to  his  qualifications  for  the  position,  in 
conformity  with  such  rules  and  regulations  as  may  be  prescribed 
from  time  to  time  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

316.  Sergeants  who  have  served  as  such  for  one  year  in  the  Medical 
Department  of  the  National  Guard  or  United  States  Army,  are 
eligible  to  take  the  examination  for  the  grade  of  sergeant  first  class. 

317.  Corporals,  privates,  first  class,    or  privates   are   eligible   to 
take  the  examination  for  the  grade  of  sergeant  at  any  time  but 
should  not  be  recommended  for  advancement  to  this  grade  until 
sufficient  tune  has   elapsed   to   demonstrate   their  fitness  for   the 
position. 

318.  The  commanding  officers  of  sanitary  trains,  separate  field 
hospitals,  separate  ambulance  companies,  and  of  sanitary  detach- 
ments, are  authorized  to  appoint  sergeants  first  class,  sergeants,  and 
corporals  to  fill  vacancies  in  these  grades  accruing  in  their  organ- 
izations under  such   examinations   as  may  be  prescribed  by   the 
Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 

319.  Application  should  be  made  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the 
State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,  for  appointment  of  boards 
to  conduct  these  examinations. 

99 


100  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

320.  The  questions  for  these  examinations  will  be  furnished  by  the 
senior  inspector-instructor  of  sanitary  troops  assigned  to  the  State, 
Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia.     In  the  event  there  is  no  inspector- 
instructor,  the  board  will  prepare  a  list  of  questions  from  those 
furnished  by  the  Militia  Bureau. 

321.  The  papers    for    each    candidate    undergoing    examination 
will  be  marked  by  the  board  and  a  report  rendered  on  the  form 
prescribed  by  the  Militia  Bureau  (Form  89,  M.  B).     The  proceed- 
ings of  the  board,  together  with  the  examination  papers  of  each 
candidate,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  senior  inspector-instructor  of  the 
sanitary  troops,  who  will  approve  or  disapprove  the  findings  of  the 
board;  if   there  be   no   inspector-instructor  of  sanitary   troops  on 
duty  in  the  State,  Territory,  or  District,  the  proceedings  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  State,  Territorial,  or  District  surgeon  for  approval 
or  disapproval. 

322.  When  the  proceedings  of  the  board  have  been  approved  by 
proper  authority,  the  papers  in  the  case  will  be  returned  to  the 
State,   Territorial,   or   District   surgeon   concerned,   who   will   take 
steps  to  issue  a  warrant  to  the  candidate  on  the  form  prescribed  by 
the  War  Department. 

323.  Corporals  and  privates,  first  class,  Medical  Department,  can 
be  reduced  to  privates  by  commanding  officers  authorized  to  appoint 
them. 

324.  When  sanitary  units  or  detachments,  on  account  of  recent 
organization,  discharge,  or  for  other  causes,  are  without  required 
sergeants,  first  class,  and  sergeants,  the  commanding  officer  thereof 
may  appoint,  without  examination,  selected  privates,  first  class,  as 
lance  corporals,  to  be  acting  sergeants,  first  class,  or  sergeants  until 
the  vacancies  can  be  filled  by  duly  qualified  and  warranted  non- 
commissioned officers. 

325.  Immediate    commanding    officers    of    sanitary    units    and 
detachments  may  appoint  and  reduce  corporals,  cooks,  horseshoers, 
saddlers,  farriers,  mechanics,  or  privates,  first  class,  not  to  exceed  the 
number  authorized  by  Tables  of  Organization,  War  Department, 
under  such  examinations   and   tests   as  may  be   prescribed    from 
tune  to  time  by  the  inspector-instructor  of  sanitary  troops  of  the 
State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia. 

EXAMINATIONS   FOR  SERGEANTS,    FIRST    CLASS,    AND    SERGEANTS, 
MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT. 

326.  The  questions  for  written  examinations  for  appointment  to 
the  grades  of  sergeant,  first  class,  and  sergeant,  Medical  Department, 
will  be  prepared  in  the  Militia  Bureau.     The  examinations  will  be 
oral,  practical,  and  written.     They  will  embrace  the  same  subjects 


NATIONAL  GUARD  J>QGULATIONS.  101 

for  both  grades,   but  the  examination  for  sergeants  will  be  less 
difficult. 

327.  The  examining  board  will  investigate  and  report  upon  the 
candidate's  qualifications  under  the  following  heads:  (a)  physical 
condition,  (&)  character  and  habits,  especially  as  to  the  use  of  stim- 
ulants and  narcotics,  (c)  discipline  and  control  of  men,  (d)  knowledge 
of  regulations   (Army  and  National  Guard),    (e)   nursing,    (/)   dis- 
pensary work,  (g)  clerical  work,  (h)  recruiting,  including  the  making 
of  finger  prints,   (i)  principles  of  cooking  and  mess  management, 
(j)  drill  for  sanitary  troops,   (fc)  minor  survey  and  first  aid.     The 
candidate  will  also  be  required  to  prepare  a  full  set  of  papers  per- 
taining to  the  Medical  Department  or  sanitary  detachment  or  unit 
in  the  field,  and  will  be  required  to  drill  a  detachment  of  enlisted 
men  sufficiently  to  demonstrate  his  knowledge  of  drill  regulations 
for  sanitary  troops. 

328.  The  written  examination  will  embrace  the  following  subjects: 
(a)  Arithmetic,   (6)  materia  medica   (drugs  and  field  supplies),   (c) 
pharmacy  (field  service  only),   (d)  care  of  sick  and  ward  manage- 
ment, (e)  minor  surgery  and  first  aid,  (/)  elementary  hygiene.     Ten 
questions  will  be   required   in  each  subject.     Proficiency   in  pen- 
manship and  orthography  will  be  estimated  from  the  papers  sub- 
mitted. 


ARTICLE  IX. 

ENLISTMENT,   TRANSFER,   AND   DISCHARGE    OF    ENLISTED 

MEN. 

A.  ENLISTMENT. 

329.  (a)  The  period  of  enlistment  in  the  National  Guard  shall 
be  the  same  as  is,  or  may  be,  prescribed  for  the  Regular  Army. 

(&)  Those  men  who  served  as  enlisted  men  in  the  United  States 
Army,  or  in  the  Organized  Militia  of  the  several  States  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  since  April  6,  1917,  and  have  been  honorably  dis- 
charged, may,  within  six  months  after  July  11,  1919,  or  if  discharged 
subsequently  to  July  11,  1919,  within  six  months  after  such  dis- 
charge, enlist  in  tbe  National  Guard  for  a  period  of  one  year  and 
may  reenlist  for  like  periods. 

(c)  All  other  qualified  men  shall  be  enlisted  for  a  period  of  one 
year,  or  for  a  period  of  three  years.     In  each  organization  the  pro- 
portion of  one-year  enlistments  to  three-year  enlistments  shall  be 
in  proportion  of  one  to  two,  and  in  determining  this  proportion  all 
enlistments   made   under    (&)   will   be   excluded.     This   proportion 
of  one  to  two  applies  only  to  enlistments.     The  requirements  of  law 
are  met  if  enlistments  in  each  organization  are  maintained  in  the 
proper  ratio,  regardless  of  subsequent  changes. 

(d)  On  and  after  January  11,  1920,  all  enlistments  for  a  period 
of  one  year  will  be  counted  against  the  proportion  of  one- third  author- 
ized for  that  period  in  any  organization,  provided  that  reenlistments 
from  soldiers  in  the  classes  specified  in  subparagraph    (5)   above, 
including  enlistments  made  within  six  months  of  discharge,  will  be 
excluded  from  this  proportion. 

(e)  The  term  "  Organized  Militia  of  the  several  States,"  as  used 
in  the  above  paragraph,  is  held  to  mean  military  organizations  in 
which  soldiers   are  regularly   enlisted,   which   are  maintained   and 
recognized  as  Organized  Militia  by  the  State,  Territorial,  or  District 
authorities. 

(/)  The  enlistment  in  the  National  Guard  for  periods  of  one  and 
three  years  carries  with  it  no  obligation  to  serve  in  the  National 
Guard  Reserve. 

(g)  Enlisted  men  in  the  National  Guard  of  the  several  States 

serving  on  July  11,  1919,  under  contracts  providing  for  a  six-year 

period  of  enlistment — three  years  in  an  active  organization  and  the 

remaining  three  years  in  the  National  Guard  Reserve — shall  be 

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STATION AL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  103 

afforded  at  any  time  an  opportunity  to  enlist  for  one  or  three  year 
periods,  and  upon  entering  into  a  new  contract  of  enlistment  for  a 
period  of  three  years  under  this  authority,  shall  be  given  credit  for 
the  period  served  under  the  old  enlistment  contract,  and  the  previous 
enlistment  shall  in  such  cases  and  with  the  consent  of  the  enlisted 
man  be  canceled.  Notation  on  enlistment  paper  will  be  similar  to 
that  given  in  paragraph  373.  (Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

(h)  The  provisions  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  July  11,  1919, 
relative  to  the  proportion  of  one  and  three  year  enlistments  are 
mandatory.  At  inspections  for  Federal  recognition  the  inspecting 
officer  will  check  the  enlistment  papers,  and  Federal  recognition 
will  not  be  extended  unless  the  enlistments  are  in  proportion  in  the 
organization  undergoing  inspection. 

330.  An  officer  for  each  regiment  and  for  each  battalion,  squad- 
ron, company,  troop,  battery,  or  detachment  stationed  separately 
shall  be  detailed  by  the  commanding  officer  thereof  to  enlist  for  the 
regiment,  battalion,  squadron,  company,  troop,  battery,  or  detach- 
ment. 

331.  Any  male  citizen  of  the  United  States  and  of  the  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  concerned,  or  person  who  has 
legally  declared  his  intention  to  become  a  citizen,  if  above  the  age  of 
18  and  under  the  age  of  45  years,  able-bodied,  free  from  disease,  of 
good  character  and  temperate  habits,  may  be  accepted  for  enlistment 
in  the  National  Guard  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  with  the  exceptions  herein  stated.     The  restriction  as  to 
maximum  age  and  citizenship  shall  not  apply  to  soldiers  who  have 
previously   served   honestly   and   faithfully   in    the   United   States 
Army,  Regular  Army,  the  Organized  Militia,  or  the  National  Guard. 

332.  The  following  persons  are  exempt  by  law  from  militia  duty 
and  their  enlistment  is  discouraged:  Customhouse  clerks;  persons 
employed  by  the  United  States  in  the  transmission  of  the  mail; 
artificers   and  workmen  employed  in   the   armories,   arsenals,   and 
navy  yards  of  the  United  States;  pilots;  mariners  employed  in  the 
sea  service  of  any  citizen  or  merchant  within  the  United  States. 

333.  The  enlistment  of  persons  of  any  of  the  following  classes  is 
prohibited:   Persons   who   because   of   religious   belief   shall   claim 
exemption  from  military  service;   insane   or  intoxicated   persons; 
persons  who  have  been  convicted  of  a  felony  or  who  have  been 
imprisoned  under  sentence  of  a  court  in  a  reformatory,  jail,  or  peni- 
tentiary; persons  under  18  years  of  age  and,  for  original  enlistment, 
persons  over  45  years  of  age;  for  first  enlistment  in  time  of  peace, 
any  person  (except  an  Indian)  who  is  not  a  citizen  of  the  United 
States  or  Porto  Rico,  or  who  has  not  made  legal  declaration  of  his 
intention  to  become  a  citizen  of  the  United  States,  or  who  can  not 
speak,  read,   and  write  the  English  language;  deserters  from  the 
military  or  naval  service  of  the  United  States;  persons  in  the  military 


104  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

or  naval  service  of  the  United  States;  persons  drawing  a  military 
pension  from  the  United  States  or  from  any  State;  members  of  the 
Regular  Army  Reserve;  members  of  the  Officers'  Reserve  Corps; 
members  of  the  Reserve  Officers'  Training  Corps;  members  of  the 
Enlisted  Reserve  Corps;  and  a  former  member  of  the  United  States 
Army,  the  Regular  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  the  Organized 
Militia,  or  the  National  Guard  whose  services  during  the  last  pre- 
ceding term  of  enlistment  have  not  been  honest  and  faithful  or  whose 
discharge  certificate  from  the  last  preceding  enlistment  bears  the 
notation  "is  not  recommended  for  reenlistment." 

334.  The  enlistment  or  reenlistment  of  married  men  or  of  persons 
having  others  dependent  upon  them  for  support  is  to  be  discouraged 
and  will  be  permitted  only  for  some  good  reason  in  the  public  interest? 
such  as  for  the  purpose  of  becoming  an  officer.     In  no  case  will  it 
be  authorized  when  the  person's  family  or  dependents  would  be  left 
without  support  in  case  he  should  be  called  into  the  service  of  the 
United  States.     Applications  for  such  enlistments  and  reenlistments 
will  be  determined  finally  by  the  regimental  or  other  higher  command- 
ing officer  if  there  be  no  regimental  organization.     No  release  from 
service  will  be  extended  to  a  married  man  on  account  of  a  marriage 
contracted  after  entry  into  the  service. 

335.  Applications  to  enlist  in  the  National  Guard  from  persons 
who  have  not  been  residents  of  the  community  in  which  enlistment 
is  desired  for  at  least  three  months  immediately  preceding  the  appli- 
cation will  not  be  granted  without  special  authority  from  the  regi- 
mental or  other  higher  commanding  officer,  if  there  be  no  regimental 
organization. 

336.  Applicants  for  original  enlistment  and  men  who  apply  to 
enter  the  National  Guard  after  an  interval  of  more  than  three  months 
from  date  of  discharge  from  the  Regular  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine 
Corps,  or  from  the  Organized  Militia  or  the  National  Guard  will  be 
required  to  furnish  evidence  of  good  character. 

337.  Former  members  of  the  United  States  Army,  the  Regular 
Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps,  the  Organized  Militia,  or  the  National 
Guard,  who  apply  to  enter  or  reenter  the  National  Guard,  and  who 
can  not  pass  the  required  examinations  in  all  respects,  will  not  be 
enlisted  without  special  authority  from  the  Secretary  of  War.     In 
such  cases  the  applicant  will  be  subjected  to  the  complete  exami- 
nation and  the  results  will  be  reported  when  application  is  made  for 
special  authority  for  his  enlistment  or  reenlistment. 

338.  The  enlistment  of  a  minor  under  18  years  of  age  with  or 
without  parental  consent  is  prohibited.     Should  a  minor  under  the 
age  of  18  enlist  by  falsely  representing  himself  to  be  over  that  age, 
he  will  render  himself  liable  to  punishment  for  fraudulent  enlistment. 
Parental  consent  is  not  necessary  for  the  enlistment  of  a  minor  whose 


NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  105 

age  is  18  years  or  over,  and  such  consent  will  not  be  recognized  or 
accepted. 

339.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  very  particular  to  ascertain  the 
true  age  of  every  applicant  for  enlistment.     If  any  doubt  exists  as 
to  the  applicant's  statement  regarding  his  age,  his  oath  will  not  be 
taken  as  conclusive  evidence  of  the  fact,  and  if  he  can  not  furnish 
competent  proof  to  support  his  statement  he  will  be  rejected. 

340.  Recruiting  officers  will  be  held  to  a  rigid  accountability  for 
accepting  men  who  may  be  found  unfitted  for  the  service.     If  a  man 
after  having  been  enlisted  be  discharged  because  of  unfitness  for 
service,  and  it  appears  that  the  enlistment  was  carelessly  made  and 
in  violation  of  these  regulations,  the  officer  responsible  will  be  liable 
to  trial  by  court-martial. 

341.  The  date  on  which  the  enlistment  of  any  man  is  actually 
completed  by  administering  the  oath  is  the  date  of  that  enlistment, 
and  must  invariably  be  shown  on  the  enlistment  paper  above  the 
signature   of  the   officer  who   administered   the   oath  and   thereby 
enlisted  the  man. 

342.  Recruiting  officers  will  not  allow  any  man  to  be  enticed  into 
the  service  by  false  representations,  but  will  in  person  explain  to 
every  man  before  he  signs  the  enlistment  papers,  the  nature  and 
terms  of  the  enlistment  contract,  length  of  the  term  of  service,  and 
the  amount  of  pay  and  other  allowances  to  which  he  is  entitled  by 
law.     He  will  read  to  him  ike  declaration  of  applicant  on  enlistment 
papers  before  the  applicant  signs  same,  after  which  the  oath  of  en- 
listment will  be  administered,  and   signed   by   the   applicant   after 
it  has  been  read  and  explained  to  him,  and  will  then  be  subscribed 
to  by  an  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  or  an  officer  of  the  National 
Guard  detailed  as  recruiting  officer. 

343.  Articles  1,  2,  and  29,  54  to  96,  inclusive,  and  104  to  109, 
inclusive,  of  the  Articles  of  War  shall  be  read  and  explained  to  every 
soldier  at  the  time  of  his  enlistment,  or  within  six  days  thereafter. 

344.  Enlisted  men  of  good  character  and  faithful  service  who  at  the 
expiration  of  their  terms  are  undergoing  treatment  for  injuries  in- 
curred or  disease  contracted  in  the  line  of  duty  may  be  reenlisted 
if  they  so  elect,  and  if  the  disability  prove  to  be  permanent  they  will 
subsequently  be  discharged  on  certificates  of  disability.     An  enlisted 
man  not  under  treatment,  but  who  has  contracted  in  the  line  of  duty 
infirmities  that  may  raise  a  question  of  physical  eligibility  for  reen- 
listment,  but  not  such  as  to  prevent  his  performing  the  duties  of  a 
soldier,  may  be  reenlisted  by  authority  of  the  War  Department  on 
application  made  through  the  examining  surgeon  and  proper  mili- 
tary channels  in  time  to  receive  a  decision  before  the  date  of  discharge. 

345.  An  enlistment  paper  (Form  22-1,  A.  G.  O.)  will  be  made  in 
the  case  of  each  soldier  enlisted  or  reenlisted  for  the  National  Guard 


106  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

and  filed  with  the  records  of  the  organization  to  which  the  soldier 
is  assigned.  When  an  organization  is  called  or  drafted  into  the  serv- 
ice of  the  United  States  the  enlistment  paper  of  every  member  thereof, 
whether  present  or  absent,  will  be  delivered  to  the  United  States 
mustering  officer,  to  be  indorsed  by  him  as  indicated  on  the  blank 
form  and  forwarded  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army.  The 
enlistment  paper  of  a  soldier  enlisting  or  reenlisting  for  an  organiza- 
tion of  the  National  Guard  in  the  Federal  service  will  be  forwarded 
directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  with  the  recruiting 
officer's  trimonthly  report.  In  this  case  a  Service  Record  (Form  29, 
A.  G.  O.)  will  also  be  prepared  and  transmitted  in  accordance  with 
the  instructions  printed  on  the  blank  form.  A  duplicate  of  each 
enlistment  paper  will  be  furnished  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the 
State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  by  the  recruiting  officer. 

346.  The  enlistment  papers  (Form  22-1,  A.  G.  O.),  report  of  physi- 
cal examination  (Form   135-1,  A.  G.  O.),  service  record  (Form  29, 
A.  G.  O.),  register  of  vaccination  (Form  81-1,  S.  G.  O.),  and  identi- 
fication record  card  (Form  260,  A.  G.  O.),  of  .all  soldiers  on  the  active 
list  of  the  National  Guard,  and  of  members  of  the  National  Guard 
Eeserve,  will  be  inspected  and  verified  from  time  to  time  by  inspector- 
instructors.     If  the  file  of  the  above-named  papers  of  the  active 
and  reserve  members  of  an  organization  is  incomplete,  or  if  the 
papers  themselves  are  incomplete,  or  otherwise  defective,  prompt 
report  of  the  matter  will  be  made  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 
Enlistment  and  other  papers  of  men  that  have  been  discharged, 
retired,  or  otherwise  separated  from  the  active  or  reserve  service,  will 
not  be  filed  with  those  of  soldiers  still  on  the  rolls  of  the  organization 
(active  and  reserve). 

347.  The  physical  examination  of  all  applicants  for  enlistment  or 
reenlistment  will  be  conducted  by  an  officer  of  the  Medical  Corps, 
active  or  reserve,  of  the  Regular  Army  or  National  Guard.     Inspector- 
instructors  of  sanitary  troops  are  charged  with  the  supervision  of  the 
physical  examinations  for  enlistment,  so  far  as  is  consistent  with  the 
visits  authorized  to  the  places  where  such  examinations  are  con- 
ducted.   They  will  report   all  irregularities    and   neglects   to   the 
adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
and  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  through  the  department  com- 
mander, with  a  view  to  having  deficiencies  corrected. 

348.  The  standards  of  physical  examination  for  enlistment  in  the 
National  Guard  are  those  fixed  for  the  Regular  Army  with  such  ex- 
ceptions and  modifications  as  may  be  announced  from  time  to  time 
by  the  Militia  Bureau. 

349.  All  applicants  for  enlistment  or  reenlistment  will  be  examined 
by  the  surgeon  to  ascertain  whether  vaccination  against  smallpox  and 
typhoid  is  required.     In  all  cases  where  there  is  not  positive  evidence 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  107 

of  successful  inoculations  the  operations  for  both  purposes  will  be 
performed  immediately  after  the  completion  of  the  enlistment.  Vac- 
cine for  both  will  be  supplied  by  the  Surgeon  General  of  the  Army. 
A  record  of  vaccination  will  be  made  on  forms  furnished  by  the  War 
Department  (Form  81-1,  S.  G.  O.)  and  filed  with  the  enlistment 
papers. 

350.  Applicants  for  enlistment  will  be  sent  by  the   authorized 
recruiting  officer  to  the  examining  surgeon  designated  for  the  organ- 
ization for  which  enlistment  is  desired.     The  surgeon  will  make  a 
careful   and   thorough   examination   and  will  state  whether  he  is 
satisfied  that  the  applicant  is  within  the  required  age  limits  and 
conforms  in  every  respect  to  the  requirements  for  enlistment  in  the 
National  Guard.     If,  in  the  opinion  of  the  examining  surgeon,  the 
applicant  is  disqualified  in  any  particular,  he  will  be  rejected  by  the 
recruiting  officer.     If  the  applicant  is  found  physically  qualified  and 
is  recommended  for  enlistment  by  the  surgeon,  the  recruiting  officer 
will  determine  whether  the  applicant  fulfills  all  other  requirements 
for  enlistment,  and  if  so  he  may  be  enlisted. 

351.  For  the  purpose  of  identification  of  soldiers  in  time  of  war  and 
for  the  purpose  of  instruction  of  medical  officers  in  this  work  an 
outline  figure  and  finger-print  record  will  be  made  of  each  enlisted 
man  by  the  medical  officer  making  the  physical  examination,  on  forms 
prescribed  by  the  War  Department.     (Form  260,  A.  G.  O.) 

352.  This  record  when  completed  will  be  filed  with  the  soldier's 
report  of  physical  examination  on  file  with  the  records  of  the  organ- 
ization to  which  the  man  belongs  and  will  be  inspected  and  verified 
by  the  inspector-instructor  of  sanitary  troops  at  the  time  the  physical 
record  of  the  soldier  is  verified. 

353.  If  at  any  time  it  shall  appear  that  any  soldier  enlisted  for  the 
National  Guard   is  physically   disqualified  for  such  enlistment,   a 
reexamination  of  such  man  may  be  made  by  an  officer  of  the  Medical 
Corps  of  the  Regular  Army,  upon  the  direction  of  the  Secretary  of 
War.     If  in  the  opinion  of  this  officer  the  disqualification  is  of  such  a 
character  that  it  should  have  been  discovered  by  the  examining 
surgeon  or  by  the  recruiting  officer  who  accepted  the  soldier,  an 
opportunity  will  be  given  these  officers  to  be  heard  in  the  case.     A 
report  will  then  be  made  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  through 
the  department  commander,  showing  whether  the  disqualification 
existed  prior  to  acceptance,  when,  where,  and  by  whom  the  soldier 
was  examined  and  accepted,  and  whether  in  the  opinion  of  the  officer 
who  conducted  the  reexamination  the  discovery  should  have  been 
made  prior  to  enlistment. 

354.  A  report  of  physical  examination  on  the  form  prescribed  by 
the  War  Department  will  be  made  in  the  case  of  each  soldier  enlisted 
or  reenlisted  for  the  National  Guard  and  filed  with  the  records  of  the 


108  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

organization  to  which  the  soldier  is  assigned.  When  an  organization 
is  called  or  drafted  into  the  service  of  the  United  States,  the  report  of 
physical  examination  of  every  member  thereof,  whether  present  or 
absent,  will  be  delivered  to  the  medical  officer  designated  to  make 
the  examination  as  to  physical  fitness  prescribed  by  section  115,  act 
of  June  3,  1916,  who  will  fill  in  the  certificate  provided  on  the  reports 
and  turn  them  over,  together  with  the  identification  record  cards  and 
vaccination  register,  to  the  mustering  officer,  who  will  forward  them 
to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army,  by  indorsement,  describing 
fully  the  physical  condition  of  each  man  at  the  time.  If  a  soldier 
has  been  recommended  for  discharge  on  a  certificate  of  disability, 
that  fact  will  be  noted  in  the  indorsement  on  the  report  of  physical 
examination.  The  report  of  physical  examination  of  a  soldier 
enlisting  or  reenlisting  for  an  organization  of  the  National  Guard  hi 
the  Federal  service  will  be  forwarded,  with  the  identification  record 
card  and  vaccination  register,  directly  to  The  Adjutant  General  of 
the  Army. 

355.  Reports  of  physical  examination  will  be  inspected  and  verified 
and  reports  of  deficiencies  made  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau, 
as  required  by  paragraph  346  of  these  regulations  in  the  case  of 
enlistment  papers. 

356.  An  individual  who  has  sworn  and  subscribed  to  the  enlistment 
contract,  is  not  a  member  of  the  National  Guard  within  the  meaning 
of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  unless  and  until  he  has  been  extended 
Federal  recognition  by  the  War  Department.     His  status  is  that  of 
an  enlisted  man  in  the  State  forces  not  yet  constituting  a  part  of  the 
National  Guard,  and  who  has  not  completed  his  qualification  as  a 
National  Guardsman.     The  disposition  of  such  an  individual  rests 
entirely  with  the  State  authorities,  who  may  discharge  him,  but  can 
not  transfer  him  to  a  recognized  organization  or  to  the  National 
Guard  Reserve.     In  order  to  join  an  organization  of  the  National 
Guard,  he  should  be  discharged  from  his  former  contract,  and  enlist 
in  a  recognized  unit  of  the  National  Guard. 

B.  TRANSFER. 

357.  When  a  soldier  of  the  National  Guard  changes  his  residence 
within  a  State  or  Territory,  he  shall  be  transferred  to  a  unit  of  the 
National  Guard  located  at  the  place  of  his  new  residence.     When 
there  is  no  organization  of  the  National  Guard  located  at  his  new 
residence  the  soldier  shall  be  discharged. 

358  (a).  There  is  no  authority  under  existing  law  for  the  transfer  of 
enlisted  men  from  an  organization  of  the  National  Guard  in  the  service 
of  the  United  States  to  an  organization  of  the  National  Guard  not  in 
the  service  of  the  United  States,  or  vice  versa. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  109 

(I)  Transfers  of  enlisted  men  between  organizations  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  same  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,  when 
called  into  the  service  of  the  United  States,  will  be  made  only  when 
manifestly  for  the  best  interests  of  the  service,  and  will  be  effected 
as  prescribed  in  paragraph  114,  Army  Regulations  1913. 

C.  DISCHARGE. 

359.  In  time   of   peace   an   enlisted  man  who  has   been  extended 
Federal  recognition  as  a  member  of  the  National  Guard  will  not  be 
discharged  before  the  expiration  of  his  period  of  enlistment  except — 

(a)  By  order  of  the  President  or  the  Secretary  of  War. 

(5)  By  sentence  of  a  general  court-martial. 

(c)  By  direction  of  the  governor  of  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  com- 
manding general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia  on  account  of 
disability;  on  account  of  a  sentence  of  imprisonment  by  a  civil 
court,  whether  suspended  or  not;  on  account  of  a  bona  fide  per- 
manent change  of  residence  to  another  State,  Territory,  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia;  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  paragraph  357; 
on  account  of  the  action  provided  for  in  paragraph  365  of  these 
regulations;  in  compliance  with  an  order  of  one  of  the  United  States 
courts,  or  a  justice  or  a  judge  thereof;  on  a  writ  of  habeas  corpus; 
and  for  the  purpose  of  enlisting  in  the  Regular  Army,  Navy,  or 
Marine  Corps.  (Changes  No.  1,  Dec.  18,  1919.) 

360.  No  enlisted  man,  lawfully  inducted  into  the  National  Guard 
service,  shall  be  discharged  from  said  service  without  a  certificate  of 
discharge,  signed  by  a  field  officer  of  the  regiment  or  other  organiza- 
tion to  which  the  enlisted  man  belongs  or  by  the  commanding  officer 
when  no  such  field  officer  is  present,  except  when  drafted  under  the 
provisions  of  Section  111,  Act  of  June  3,  1916. 

361.  The  statement  of  service  and  the  character  given  on  a  dis- 
charge will  be  certified  by  the  company  or  detachment  commander, 
and  great  care  will  be  taken  that  no  injustice  is  done  the  soldier. 
Where,  upon  expiration  of  term  of  service,  the  company  or  detach- 
ment commander  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  soldier's  reenlistment 
should  not  be  recommended,  he  shall,  if  practicable,  so  notify  the 
soldier  at  least  30  days  prior  to  discharge  and  shall  at  the  same  time 
notify  the  regimental  commander,  if  there  be  one,  or,  if  there  be  none, 
the  Adjutant  General  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of 
Columbia,  who  will  in  every  such  case  direct  the  battalion  commander 
or  officer  of  equivalent  rank  and  duties  of  any  arm,  department,  or 
corps  to  determine  whether  the  soldier's  reenlistment  should  or  should 
not  be  recommended,  and  the  kind  of  discharge  that  should  be  given 
him.     The  soldier  will  in  every  case  be  given  an  opportunity  to  be 
heard.     The  findings  of  this  officer,  when  approved  by  the  directing 
authority,  will  be  final.     The  written  report  of  the  officer  under  this 
paragraph,  showing  all  facts  pertinent  to  the  inquiry,  will  be  for- 


110  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

warded  by  the  directing  authority  directly  to  the  adjutant  general 
of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia.  ^ 

362.  Blank  forms  for   discharge  will  be  provided  by  the  War 
Department  and  will  be  retained  under  lock  in  the  personal  custody 
of  company  or  detachment  commanders.     Discharge  certificates  will 
be  used  in  the  discharge  of  enlisted  men,  and  for  no  other  purpose, 
and  will  be  of  three  classes:  For  honorable  discharge,  for  discharge, 
and  for  dishonorable  discharge.     They  will  be  used  as  follows . 

(a)  The  blank  for  honorable  discharge,  when  the  soldier's  conduct 
has  been  such  as  to  warrant  his  reenlistment  and  his  service  has 
been  honest  and  faithful. 

(6)  The  blank  for  dishonorable  discharge,  for  dishonorable  dis- 
charge by  sentence  of  a  court-martial. 

(c)  The  blank  for  discharge,  when  a  soldier  is  discharged  except  as 
specified  above  under  sections  (a)  and  (&). 

363.  The  discharge  of  a  soldier  takes  effect  on  the  date  of  notice 
to  him  of  such  discharge,  either  actual,  by  delivery  of  the  discharge 
certificate;  or  constructive,  as  where  such  delivery  can  not  be  made 
owing  to  his  absence  for  his  own  convenience  or  through  his  own 
fault,  in  which  case  the  receipt  at  the  soldier's  proper  station  of  the 
order  directing  his  discharge  will  be  deemed  sufficient  notice.     In  the 
latter  case  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  the  order  and  the  reason  why 
actual  notice  thereof  was  not  given  to  the  soldier  will  be  entered  upon 
the  muster  roll  which  shows  the  separation  of  the  soldier  from  the 
service,  and  will  be  indorsed  upon  the  discharge  certificate  should 
one  have  been  prepared.     If  a  soldier  is  absent  in  desertion  when 
the  order  for  his  discharge  is  received,  the  discharge  will  not  be  exe- 
cuted, but  the  soldier  will  be  dropped  from  the  rolls  as  a  deserter. 
The  dishonorable  discharge  of  a  soldier  against  whom  general  court- 
martial  charges  are  pending  will  be  deferred  until  the  charges  are 
finally  disposed  of  by  the  official  exercising  general  court-martial 
jurisdiction. 

364.  When  an  enlisted  man  of  the  National  Guard,  not  in  Federal 
service,  absents  himself  without  leave,  and  there  is  reason  to  believe 
that  he  does  not  intend  to  return,  he  may  be  dropped  from  the  rolls 
as  a  deserter,  but  only  with  the  express  authority  of  the  governor  or, 
in  the  District  of  Columbia,  of  the  commanding  general.     No  special 
period  of  time  is  prescribed  before  such  action  is  taken,  but  each  case 
will  be  decided  according  to  circumstances.     A  soldier  dropped  as  a 
deserter  may,  on  application  made  by  him  in  which  he  admits  his 
desertion,  be  restored  to  duty  by  the  governor  of  a  State  or  Territory 
or,  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  by  the  commanding  general,  and  the 
same  authority  may  set  aside  the  charge  of  desertion  as  having  been 
erroneously  made. 

365.  When  the  National  Guard  is  not  in  the  Federal  service  and  an 
enlisted  man  is  found  to  be  inapt,  or  does  not  possess  the  required 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  Ill 

degree  of  adaptability  for  the  military  service,  or  gives  evidence  of 
habits  or  traits  of  character  which  serve  to  render  his  retention  in  the 
service  undesirable,  or  is  disqualified  for  service,  physically  or  in 
character,  through  his  own  misconduct,  his  company  or  detachment 
commander  will  report  the  facts  to  the  regimental  or  separate  bat- 
talion commander,  or  commanding  officer  of  a  unit  equivalent  to  a 
separate  battalion,  who  will  convene  a  board  of  three  officers  to 
determine  whether  or  not  the  soldier  should  be  discharged  prior  to 
the  expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment.  The  company  or  detach- 
ment commander  is  not  competent  to  convene  a  board  for  this  pur- 
pose. If  discharge  be  recommended,  the  board  will  also  recommend 
the  character  to  be  given  on  the  discharge,  and  the  proceedings  of 
the  board,  when  approved  by  the  convening  authority,  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  for  final  action  by  the  governor  of  the  State  or 
Territory  or  the  Commanding  General,  District  of  Columbia  Militia. 
If  the  findings  of  the  board  are  approved,  the  soldier  will  be  dis- 
charged and  the  proceedings  will  be  filed  by  the  adjutant  general  of 
the  State  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

The  discharge  to  be  given  to  soldiers  under  the  provisions  of  this 
paragraph  will  in  all  cases  be  that  prescribed  by  section  (c)  of  para- 
graph 362. 

366.  When   the   findings   of   the   board   indicate   disqualification 
through  physical  disability,  the  proceedings  will  be  accompanied  by 
certificate  of  disability. 

367.  When  a  soldier  is  sentenced  by  court-martial  to  confinement 
without  dishonorable  discharge  for  a  period  extending  beyond  the 
expiration  of  his  term  of  enlistment,  he  will  be  discharged  on  the 
date  of  the  expiration  of  the  term  of  enlistment,  but  will  be  held  to 
serve  out  his  sentence.     If  an  honorable  discharge  is  given  to  the 
soldier  he  can  be  reenlisted  before  the  expiration  of  the  period  of  his 
confinement  only  upon  the  remission  by  competent  military  authority 
of  the  unexecuted  portion  of  his  sentence.     When,  however,  a  sol- 
dier's term  of  enlistment  expires  while  he  is  awaiting  trial  or  sentence, 
he  will  be  discharged  on  the  date  of  the  receipt  of  an  order  publishing 
the  case  or  otherwise  disposing  of  it,  and  the  discharge  certificate 
will  be  delivered  to  the  man  on  his  release  from  confinement,  and 
not  until  then.     On  the  date  of  the  discharge  personal  notice  thereof 
will  be  given  to  the  soldier  by  an  officer,  and  the  fact  that  such  notice 
was  given  will  be  indorsed  upon  the  discharge  certificate. 

368.  Whenever  an  enlisted  man  is  discharged  prior  to  the  expira- 
tion of  his  period  of  enlistment  the  actual  cause  of  discharge  will  be 
stated  in  the  order  directing  the  discharge  and  fully  stated  on  the 
discharge  certificate.     Where  a  discharge  is  ordered  on  account  of 
the  soldier's  misconduct,  or  unfitness  for  the  service,  physical  or  in 


112  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

character,  due  to  the  soldier's  misconduct,  a  statement  to  that  effect 
will  be  set  forth  in  the  order  and  will  be  noted  on  the  discharge  certifi- 
cate. Except  as  provided  in  paragraph  365,  such  discharges  will  be 
ordered  only  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

369.  When  an  enlisted  man  is  permanently  unfitted  for  military 
service  because  of  wounds  or  disease,  he  should,  if  practicable,  be 
discharged  on  certificate  of  disability  before  the  expiration  of  the  term 
of  service  in  which  the  disability  was  incurred.   Certificates  of  disa- 
bility for  discharge  will  not  be  made  in  duplicate. 

370.  Certificates  of  disability  will  be  prepared  by  the  soldier's 
company  commander  and  sent  by  him  to  the  examining  surgeon  of  the 
organization  to  which  the  soldier  belongs.     They  will  be  completed  by 
the  surgeon  and  transmitted  to  the  regimental  commander,  \vho  will 
forward  them  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the 
District  of  Columbia.     If  approved  by  the  governor  of  the  State  or 
Territory,  or  the  commanding  general,  District  of  Columbia  Militia, 
he  will  order  the  discharge. 

371.  In  order  to  entitle  a  soldier  to  discharge  because  of  a  change  of 
residence,  satisfactory  evidence  must  be  presented  showing  that  the 
change  to  another  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  is 
bona  fide  and  of  a  permanent  character;  that  the  employment  or 
occupation  in  which  the  soldier  engages  at  his  new  residence  is  such 
as  to  support  the  claim  of  a  change  of  residence;  and  that  the  distance 
to  which  he  has  removed  from  his  former  residence  will  prevent  him 
from  attending  the  prescribed  military  duties  with  the  organization 
to  which  he  belongs. 

372.  When  an  enlisted  man  makes  a  temporary  change  of  resi- 
dence to  another  State  which  he  anticipates  will  not  exceed  six 
months  in  duration,  his  absence  from  his  organization  should  be 
accounted  for  by  the  issue  of  a  furlough.     When  an  enlisted  man 
makes  a  change  of  residence  to  another  State  which  he  anticipates  will 
exceed  six  months  in  duration  he  will  be  discharged. 

373.  When  an  enlisted  man  makes  a  permanent  change  of  resi- 
dence to  a  State  other  than  that  in  which  he  enlisted,  he  will  be 
discharged  under  the  conditions  prescribed  in  paragraph  371.     If 
within  three  months  after  arrival  in  the  State  of  his  new  residence 
he  elects  to  enlist  in  the  National  Guard  therein  he  shall,  in  time  of 
peace,  be  given  credit  upon  such  enlistment  for  the  time  served 
under  the  enlistment  from  which  discharged  in  the  State  of  his 
former  residence.     The  new  enlistment  will  be  for  the  full  period, 
but  a  note  will  be  made  by  the  recruiting  officer  on  the  enlistment 
paper  as  follows: 

1 '  Entitled  to  be  discharged,  unless  in  time  of  war, years, 

months,   days,  in  advance  of  expiration  of  period  for  which 

enlisted  on  account  of  credit  allowed  for  service  in  the  National  Guard 
in  the  State  of  .  _." 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  113 

In  time  of  peace  this  notation  will  operate  to  advance  the  date  of 
his  final  discharge,  and  shorten  the  period  of  his  service  by  the  length 
he  served  in  his  last  enlistment  in  the  State  from  which  he  changed 
residence. 

374.  No  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard,  called  into  the  service 
of  the  United  States,  can  be  discharged  from  the  service  except  by 
expiration  of  enlistment,  without  the  approval  of  the  proper  authority 
competent  to  direct  such  discharge  under  Army  Regulations.  When 
the  National  Guard  is  drafted  into  the  service  of  the  United  States, 
enlisted  men  thereof  shall  be  discharged  as  provided  hi  Army  Regula- 
tions. 

375.  Whenever  an  enlisted  man  of  the  National  Guard,  brought 
into  the  service  of  the  United  States  under  a  call,  is  separated  from 
the  service  through  death,  discharge,  or  otherwise,  or  is  transferred 
to  another  organization,  his  commanding  officer  will  at  once  notify 
the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia, to  which  the  command  belongs  and  will  furnish  such  adjutant 
general  copies  of  all  orders  issued  in  each  case. 

376.  Enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard  shall  not  be  enlisted  hi  the 
Regular  Army,  unless  a  discharge  in  writing  from  the  National  Guard 
authorities  of  a  State,  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  has  been 
duly  prepared. 

377.  Where  an  enlisted  man  of  the  National  Guard  applies  for 
enlistment  in  the  Regular  Army,  and  the  State  authorities  authorize 
his  discharge  from  the  National  Guard  for  this  purpose,  the  adjutant 
general  of  the  State,  Territory  or  District  of  Columbia,  shall  send  the 
discharge  certificates  to  the  recruiting  officer  to  whom  the  applicant 
has  applied  for  enlistment  in  the  Regular  Army.     If  the  applicant 
is  accepted  for  the  Regular  Army,  the  recruiting  officer  will  forward 
the  discharge  by  mail  to  the  recruit  depot  or  point  where  the  enlist- 
ment of  the  applicant  is  accomplished.     In  case  the  applicant  is  not 
accepted  for  enlistment  or  fails  to  present  himself  for  actual  enlist- 
ment after  acceptance,  the  officer  concerned,  who  has  in  his  possession 
the  discharge  certificate,  when  the  case  is  finally  settled,  will  return  the 
discharge  certificate  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,   Territory, 
or  the  District  of  Columbia,  notifying  him  that  the  applicant  was  not 
enlisted  in  the  Regular  Army,  and  has  not  been  discharged  from  the 
National  Guard. 

378.  When  the  applicant  is  actually  enlisted  in  the  United  States 
Army,  the  enlisting  officer  will  personally  hand  him  his  discharge 
from  the  National  Guard  of  the  State,  and  notify  the  adjutant  general 
of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,  that  he  has  been 
discharged  and  enlisted  in  the  Regular  Army.     Recruiting  officers 
should  correspond  direct  with  the  adjutants  general  of  States,  Ter- 
ritory of  Hawaii  and  District  of  Columbia,  on  this  subject. 

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AKTICLE  X. 

A.  FEDERAL  INSTRUCTORS. 
1.  INSPECTOR-INSTRUCTORS. 

379.  Officers  of  the  active  list  of   the  Regular  Army  who   are 
detached  for  regular  tours  of  duty  with  the  National  Guard  under 
the  provisions  of  section  100  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  will  be  known 
as  inspector-instructors.    The  period  of  such  duty  will  ordinarily 
be  for  four  years. 

380.  The  act  of  June  3,   1916,  has  modified  the  relation  with 
regard  to  the  National  Guard  which  existed  between  the  United 
States  and  the  several  States.     It  conveys  to  the  United  States 
increased  powers  in  the  control  of  the  National  Guard;  the  State 
authorities  are  required  to  comply  with  the  act  itself  and  with  the  nec- 
essary rules  and  regulations  made  by  the  President  to  render  the 
act  effective.    The  failure  of  a  State  to  comply  therewith  may  debar 
it  from  participating  in  the  apportionment  of  Federal  appropria- 
tions for  the  National  Guard. 

381.  Inspector-instructors    of    the    Regular    Army    are    detailed 
for  duty  with  the  National  Guard  to  instruct  it,  and  also  to  inspect 
it  to  see  that  the  provisions  of  the  act  and  the  regulations  of  the 
War  Department  thereunder  are  carried  out.     It  is  not  within  the 
power  of  inspector-instructors  so  detailed  to  enforce  the  provisions 
of  law  or  the  regulations;  as  agents  of  the  Federal  Government  they 
assist  the  States  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  in 
rendering  these  provisions  of  law  and  the  regulations  thereunder 
effective  and  they  report  noncompliance  therewith  to  the  Chief  of 
the  Militia  Bureau  through  the  department  commanders. 

382.  Inspector-instructors  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard  are 
under  the  orders  of  the  Federal  military  authorities  and  have  certain 
definite  instructions  which   they  must  carry  out.     They   are  not 
under  the  orders  of  the  State  authorities  nor  of  National  Guard  officers, 
but  are  in  the  States  as  instructors  for  the  Federal  Government. 
They  are  detailed  to  assist  in  carrying  out  the  law  and  regulations 
and  should  be  allowed  to  do  so  in  accordance  with  their  instructions 
and  in  the  manner  they  deem  best  adapted  to  accomplish  the  end. 

In  order  to  secure  the  greatest  benefit  from  their  services,  they 
should  be  consulted  freely  by  the  State  authorities  and  their  methods 
of  instruction  and  their  system  of  imparting  such  instruction  must 
be  followed. 
114 


NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  115 

383.  The  scheme  of  instruction  outlined  by  the  War  Department 
is  published  to  all  concerned  and  inspector-instructors  are  required 
to  carry  out  the  general  plan  and  afford  all  assistance  possible  to 
make  it  a  success.     They  must  not  in  any  way  be  hampered  or 
restricted  in  the  performance  of  their  duties. 

384.  Inspector-instructors  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard  will 
not  be  relieved  from  duty  at  the  request  of  State  authorities,  except 
for  cogent  reasons.     Any  charges  which  may  arise  against  them 
will  be  fully  investigated  and  they  will  be  given  opportunity  to  reply 
thereto  and  submit  such  evidence  as  they  may  desire  before  any 
action  looking  to  their  relief  will  be  taken  by  the  War  Department. 

385.  Under  section  100,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  officers  of  the  active 
list  of  the  Army  detailed  to  duty  with  the  National  Guard  may 
accept  commissions  in  the  National  Guard  with  the  permission  of 
the  President.     The  matter  must  originate  with  State  authorities. 
When  a  commission  is  tendered  the  inspector-instructor,  if  he  desires 
to  accept,  he  should  apply  for  permission  to  The  Adjutant  General 
of  the  Army  through  the  department  commander  and  the  Chief, 
Militia  Bureau.     Inspector-instructors  will  not  as  a  rule  be  granted 
permission  to  accept  subordinate  positions,  nor  the  command  of 
smaller  units  than  a  regiment  or  separate  organization  nor  com- 
missions in  arms  other  than  their  own. 

386.  The  fact  that  an  inspector-instructor  is  commissioned  in 
the  National  Guard  will  not  change  his  status  as  inspector-instructor, 
neither  will  it  prevent  nor  excuse  him  from  carrying  out  the  orders 
and   instructions   given  him   as   inspector-instructor  by   the   War 
Department. 

387.  Inspector-instructors   will   not   accompany   National   Guard 
organizations  ordered  out  by  the  governor  of  a  State  for  riot  or  other 
duty  to  suppress  disorder  or  carry  out  the  State  laws.     In  case  an 
inspector-instructor  is  also  a  National  Guard  officer,  he  is  authorized 
to  accompany  his  National  Guard  organization  on  any  such  duty 
in  the  capacity  of  a  National  Guard  officer.     He  will,  upon  entering 
on  such  duty,  immediately  report  the  fact  by  telegram  to  the  Chief 
of  the  Militia  Bureau  and  the  department  commander  and  similar 
reports  by  letter  will  be  rendered  when  such  duty  is  terminated. 

388.  It  should  be   clearly  understood  that  inspector-instructors 
can  not  legally  be  placed  under  the  orders  of  any  State  official  or 
National  Guard  officer,  except  when  commissioned  hi  the  National 
Guard.     While  recognizing  this  and  being  governed  by  the  knowledge, 
it  should  be  remembered  that  the  utmost  tact  and  good  judgment 
must  be  used,  and  that  it  is  only  when  there  is  an  assumption  on  the 
part  of  the  State  authorities  or  National  Guard  officers  which  is  not 
warranted,  and  the  intent  is  clear  that  such  authorities  are  endeavor- 
ing to  assume  a  control  to  which  they  have  no  right,  that  they  should 


116  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

be  courteously  informed  of  the  status  of  the  inspector-instructors 
in  this  respect. 

389.  Officers  of  Infantry  and  Coast  Artillery  and  in  a  few  cases 
of  Cavalry  and  Field  Artillery  will  be  assigned  to  duty  with  a  par- 
ticular State  or  Territory.     Officers  of  other  arms  and  corps  and  in 
general  of  Cavalry  and  Field  Artillery  detailed  as  inspector-instructors 
of  the  National  Guard  will  not  be  assigned  directly  to  any  State 
or  Territory,  but  will  be  given  such  stations  and  orders  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  as  will  permit  them  to  best  instruct  and  inspect  the 
National  Guard  organizations  of  their  respective  arms  of  the  service 
within  the  prescribed  limits  of  the  instruction  districts  to  which 
assigned.     They   should   not   make    any   permanent   arrangements 
within  the  prescribed  limits  of  their  districts  as  first  designated  that 
would  interfere  with  their  making  a  change  of  station  should  condi- 
tions later  show  that  the  work  could  be  better  and  perhaps  more 
economically  performed  from  a  different  station.     All  work  must  be 
intelligently  and  logically  arranged  so  that  the  best  results  may  be 
obtained  with  the  least  travel  and  expense  to  the  United  States. 

390.  Upon   taking  station,   inspector-instructors   of   the  Regular 
Army,  whether  assigned  for  duty  with  a  particular  State,  Territory, 
or  District  of  Columbia,   or  to  an  instruction  district  comprising 
several  States  or  Territories,  will  report  by  letter  for  instructions  to 
the  commanding  general  of  the  territorial  department  in  which  they 
are  to  serve;  they  will  also  report  by  letter  to  the  Chief,  Militia 
Bureau,  stating  their  mail  address.     When  called  upon,  inspector- 
instructors  will  act  in  an  advisory  capacity  to  the  military  author- 
ities of  the  State,  and  may  instruct,  at  the  request  of  these  author- 
ities, such  arms  and  corps  of  the  National  Guard  as  have  no  inspector- 
instructor  detailed.     They  will  be  available  for  making,  on  behalf  of 
the  War  Department,  such  reports,  inspections,  examinations,  etc., 
of  the  National  Guard  as  may  be  required  by  the  laws  of  the  United 
States  or  directed  by  the  War  Department. 

391.  Inspector-instructors  of  senior  rank  will,   as  far  as  practi- 
cable, be  distributed  in  their  assignments  to  stations  so  that  there 
will  be  one  in  each  divisional  district  of  the  tactical  divisions  pre- 
scribed for  the  National  Guard.     Officers  so  assigned  will  be  known 
as  the  division  inspector-instructor  of  the  district  to  which  assigned. 
They  will  perform  the  duties  of  inspector-instructors  and  will  be 
governed  by  the  rules  and  regulations  prescribed  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment for  other  officers  assigned  to  duty  with  the  National  Guard 
under  the  provisions  of  section  100  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916. 

392.  The  division  inspector-instructors  of  districts  will  supervise 
the  instruction  of  the  National  Guard  in  their  respective  districts, 
subject  to  the  control  exercised  by  the  Militia  Bureau  and  by  depart- 
ment commanders.     They  will  in  addition  perform  the  duties  of 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  117 

chief  of  staff  of  the  tactical  divisions  of  the  National  Guard  when 
so  assigned  by  the  War  Department  as  contemplated  by  section  65, 
act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  will,  as  chief  of  staff,  be  responsible  for  the 
selection,  training,  and  organization  of  the  division  staff  and  the 
several  supply  departments  of  the  division.  They  will  conduct  such 
schools  as  are  necessary  to  achieve  this  end. 

393.  The  officer  detailed  as  chief  of  staff  of  a  tactical  division  in 
time  of  peace  will,  under  the  direction  of  the    department  com- 
mander, make  a  study  of  the  mobilization  of  the  division  to  which 
he  is  assigned.     He  will  in  advance  devise  measures  for  supply  and 
equipment  and  make  plans  which  will  facilitate  the  mobilization  of 
the  troops  of  the  division  in  time  of  war  and  their  preparation  for 
war  service. 

394.  Medical  officers  of  the  Army  of  senior  rank  will  be  assigned 
to  each  of  the  divisional  districts  as  senior  inspector-instructors  of 
sanitary  troops  of  the  division,  and  such  officers  of  The  Adjutant 
General's  Department,  Inspector  General's  Department,  Judge  Advo- 
cate General's  Department,  Quartermaster  Corps  and  Ordnance  De- 
partment as  are  necessary  may  be  detailed  to  perform  similar  functions 
in  connection  with  the  training  of  division  staff,  supply  departments, 
and  troops  of  their  departments  or  corps.     All  such  officers  will  be 
assigned  to  the  same  station  as,  report  to,  and  perform  their  duties 
under  the  direction  of,  the  division  inspector-instructor  or  the  chief 
of  staff  of  the  division  when  so  detailed. 

395.  Inspector-instructors  will  make  one  or  more  visits  of  instruc- 
tion in  each  half  year  to  all  units  of  the  organizations  with  which 
they  are  detailed  and  which  are  located  at  stations  other  than  their 
own.     These  visits  may  be  made  with  or  without  warning  to  the 
commanding  officers  of  units  and  should  be  made  on  the  date  of  the 
regular  scheduled  drill  of  the  units  to  be  visited.     Application  for 
orders  to  make  these  visits  will  be  made  direct  to  the  department 
commander  for  the  semiannual  periods  ending  June  30  and  December 
31,  with  a  statement  of  the  number  of  visits  to  be  made,  the  stations 
to  be  visited,  and  an  estimate  of  the  expense  involved. 

396.  For  instructions  as  to  the  use  of  transportation  requests  by 
inspector-instructors   when   traveling   on   duty   with   the   National 
Guard  see  paragraph  661. 

397.  Inspector-instructors  will  be  available  for  duty  in  making 
the  annual  inspections  of  the  National  Guard  under  the  Inspector 
General   of   the  Army.     When  practicable  inspections  will   be  so 
arranged  that  an  inspector-instructor,  during  his  tour  of  duty  as 
such,  will  not  make  more  than  one  " annual  inspection"  (under  the 
provisions  of  sec.  93,  act  of  June  3,  1916)  of  the  organizations  with 
which  he  is  associated  as  an  instructor. 


118  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

398.  Instruction   will   be   imparted    according   to   general   plans 
announced  from  the  Militia  Bureau  of  the  War  Department,  and 
inspector-instructors   will,    except   as   otherwise   specified,    perform 
their  duties  under  the  direct  supervision  of  the  department  com- 
mander.    In  regard  to   a  prescribed  course  of  instruction   to  be 
adhered  to,  or  a  system  to  be  followed  in  imparting  instruction, 
attention  is  invited  to  the  circulars  issued  by  the  Militia  Bureau 
from  time  to  time  prescribing  the  armory  and  field  instruction  for 
each  arm  or  corps  of  the  National  Guard.     Where  a  system  of 
instruction  has   already  been  instituted  in   a  State,  Territory,  or 
instruction   district   by   a   former   inspector-instructor,    no   change 
should  be  made  until  the  new  inspector-instructor  has  had  ample 
time  to  study  the  conditions. 

399.  It  is  not  the  desire  of  the  Militia  Bureau  to  prescribe  the 
manner  in  detail  in  which  inspector-instructors  are  to  perform  their 
duties,  particularly  with  regard  to  instruction.     This  is  within  their 
province  of  initiation.     It  is  deemed  sufficient  to  state  that  adherence 
to  the  general  plan  of  instruction  as  prescribed  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment for  each  arm  and  corps  is  required  in  order  to  secure  uniform 
training  in  the  National  Guard  as  a  whole,  and  any  radical  depar- 
ture therefrom  should  be  taken  up  by  letter  with  the  Chief  of  the 
Militia  Bureau  through  the  department  commander  before  it  is  put 
into  effect.     In  general  the  instruction  should  be  made  as  practical 
as  possible  and  only  sufficient  theory  to  insure  intelligent  practical 
work  should  be  included  in  the  schedule  of  instruction.     It  is  the 
function  of  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  National 
Guard  to  instruct  the  enlisted  men  and  the  function  of  the  inspector- 
instructors   to   aid  National  Guard  officers   and  noncommissioned 
officers  in  becoming  good  instructors. 

400.  The  inspector-instructor  is  not  responsible  for  the  training 
of  the  regiment  or  other  organization  with  which  he  is  on  duty; 
the  responsibility  rests  upon  the  commanding  officer  of  the  National 
Guard  organization.     When  the  inspector-instructor  has  carried  out 
his  instructions  from  the  War  Department  fully  and  completely, 
has  arranged  the  details  of  his  instruction  to  the  best  of  his  ability, 
and  has  constantly  maintained  the   attitude  of   an   enthusiastic, 
willing,  and  encouraging  helper  and  a  friendly  critic,  he  has  per- 
formed the  full  measure  of  his  duty  within  his  authority. 

401.  Where  more  than  one  inspector-instructor  of  the  same  arm 
or  corps  is  detailed  to  a  State  or  instruction  district,  the  senior  will 
be  charged,  in  addition  to  his  own  duties  of  detailed  instruction, 
with  the  general  direction  of  the  instruction  and  work  in  his  arm 
or  corps,  which  will  be  divided  among  all  as  far  as  possible.     It  is 
not  the  intention  of  the  War  Department  that  a  senior  inspector- 
instructor  shall   exercise  supervisory  powers   to   the   exclusion   of 
detailed  instruction  on  his  own  part. 


NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  119 

402.  The  inspector-instructors  of  the  several  arms  or  corps  on 
duty  with  a  State  or  Territory,  while  independent  concerning  the 
details  and  methods  of  instruction  for  their  own  arm  or  corps,  will 
endeavor  to  coordinate  and  systematize  the  same.     All  inspector- 
instructors  are  enjoined  to  work  in  harmonious  cooperation  with 
each  other,  and  are  particularly  cautioned  against  participating  in 
any  factional  or  internal  disagreements  in  the  National  Guard,  and 
are  expressly  forbidden   to   engage  in  politics,    either   directly   or 
indirectly. 

403.  Inspector-instructors  will   devote   their   entire   official   time 
and  attention  to  the  work  for  which  they  are  detailed.     Therefore, 
engaging  in  any  avocation  or  devoting  any  portion  of  their  time 
to  delivering  lectures  or  taking  a  course  of  instruction  in  public 
institutions,  or  engaging  in  any  other  occupation  not  strictly  per- 
taining to  their  duties  as  inspector-instructors,  will  not  be  permitted 
without  authorization  from  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 

404.  Inspector-instructors  will  not  leave  the  States  or  districts  to 
which    assigned   for  more   than   twenty-four   hours,    except   under 
authority   emanating   from   the   War    Department   or   department 
commanders. 

405.  (a)  The  senior  inspector-instructor  of  each  arm,  other  than 
the  division  inspector-instructor,  will  render  a  quarterly  report  to 
the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  through  the  department  commander 
on  March  31,  June  30,  September  30,  and  December  31.     In  case  an 
officer  of  the  Regular  Army  has  been  detailed  as  chief  of  staff  of  the 
National  Guard  Division  or  as  senior  inspector-instructor  therewith 
copies  of  the  report  will  be  furnished  him.     This  report  will  be  for 
the  purpose  of  informing  the  Militia  Bureau  as  to  the  progress  made 
in  instruction  work  during  the  period  and  will  include  such  comment 
on  the  general  condition  of  the  National  Guard  not  previously  cov- 
ered in  special  reports  as  inspector-instructors  may  desire  to  bring 
to  the  attention  of  the  War  Department. 

(6)  All  other  inspector-instructors  will  render  similar  reports 
through  the  senior  inspector-instructor  of  their  arm  and  through  the 
department  commander  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  giving 
a  general  description  of  the  duties  performed  during  the  quarter. 

(c)  The  quarterly  reports    required  above  will  be  forwarded  by 
the  senior  inspector-instructor  of  the  State,  Territory,  District  of 
Columbia,  or  instruction  district  within  seven  days  after  the  end  of 
the  quarter. 

(d)  The  reports  will  be  subdivided  as  follows: 

PART   I. 

To  include  a  brief  resume"  of  duties  performed  in  connection  with 
(a)  service  schools;  (6)  correspondence  schools;  (c)  drills;  (<Z)  prac- 


120  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

ticai  instruction;  (e)  camps  and  field  duty;  (/)  field  firing;  (g)  target 
practice;  (&)  property  accountability. 

PART    II. 

General  comments  and  progress  made,  with  recommendation  look- 
ing toward  improving  and  coordinating  the  methods  of  instruction 
throughout  the  United  States.  It  is  desired  that  the  office  of  the 
Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  be  used  as  a  bureau  for  the  interchange 
of  ideas  to  the  end  of  rendering  mutual  assistance  to  the  officers  on 
duty  with  the  National  Guard. 

PART    III. 

(a)  Care  or  neglect  of  Federal  property. 

(b)  Important  changes  in  the  State  militia  laws  or  the  National 
Guard  personnel. 

(c)  New  mobilization  or  recruiting  plans. 

(d)  Serious  defects  and  irregularities  of  any  nature. 

0)  Exceptional  events  of  marked  importance  occurring  in  the 
State  that  may  involve  the  use  of  the  military  forces  thereof. 

(/)  Exceptional  local  conditions  bearing  upon  military  efficiency 
of  the  National  Guard. 

(g)  Any  direct  or  flagrant  violations  of  the  provisions  of  the  act 
of  June  3,  1916,  or  of  the  rules  and  regulations  issued  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  with  a  view  to  making  effective  and  carrying  out  said  act. 

406.  Quarterly  reports  should  be  accompanied  by  copies  of  orders, 
instruction  schemes,  all  bulletins,  circulars,  examination  papers,  etc., 
issued  by  the  inspector-instructor,  or  by  the  State  at  the  instance 
of  the  inspector-instructor,  for  the  purpose  of  instruction.     Where 
possible  it  is  requested  that  matter  of  this  character  which  might  be 
of  benefit  to  inspector-instructors  on  duty  with  other  States  or  in- 
struction districts  be  forwarded  direct  to  them  or  to  the  Militia 
Bureau  in  sufficient  quantities  to  admit  of  issuing  copies  to  each 
inspector-instructor  of  the  arm  of  the  service  concerned. 

407.  Keports  of  conditions,  or  events,  which  it  is  considered  advisa- 
ble to  forward  before  the  end  of  the   quarter  may  be  submitted  at 
any  time,  through  channels,  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  405. 

408.  Quarterly  reports  will  be  rendered  by  the  senior  inspector- 
instructor  of  each  arm  (except  the  division  inspector-instructor)  to 
the  adjutant  general  of  the  State  or  Territory,  giving  a  brief  re'sume' 
of  the  work  accomplished  during  the  period  with  recommendations 
as  to  matters  which  are  beyond  the  control  of  the  commanders  of 
the  National  Guard  organizations  with  which  the  inspector-instructor 
is  serving. 

409.  Whenever  an  inspector-instructor  is  present  at  any  assembly 
for  armory  drill  and  instruction,  including  indoor  target  practice,  of 


NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  121 

any  troop,  battery,  or  detachment,  he  will  record  the  attendance 
separately  for  each  unit  on  Form  107,  Militia  Bureau,  as  follows: 

(a)  Designation  and  station  of  organization. 

(6)  Date  of  drill. 

(c)  Enrolled  strength  of  company  at  date  of  drill. 

(d)  Duration  of  drill. 

(e)  Number  of  enlisted  men  present  in  each  grade  and  the  total 
thereof. 

(/)  Names  and  rank  of  officers  of  organization  present  with  it. 
(g)  Names  and  rank  of  officers  other  than  of  organization  who 
are  present  in  an  official  capacity. 

Qi)  Such  remarks,  if  any,  as  are  appropriate. 

410.  At  the  end  of  each  month  records  of  attendance  at  all  armory 
drills  attended  by  inspector-instructors  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
senior  inspector-instructor  of  the  State,  Territory,  District  of  Co- 
lumbia, or  instruction  district,  and,  together  with  similar  reports  sub- 
mitted by  retired  officers  and  sergeant-instructors  on  duty  with  the 
National  Guard,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  senior  inspector-instructor 
direct  to  the  department  commander. 

411.  Particular  attention  is  called  to  Tables  of  Organization  issued 
by  the  War  Department  in  conforming  to  the  provisions  of  the  acts 
of  Congress.     Inspector-instructors  should  be  familiar  with  these 
tables. 

412.  The  Federal  appropriations  made  for  the  support  of   the 
National  Guard  are  defined  in  an  analysis  circular  published  yearly 
from  the  Militia  Bureau.     Also  the  amounts  under  the  several  sub- 
appropriation  headings  apportioned  to  the  several  States,  Territory 
of  Hawaii,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  for  each  year,  are  promul- 
gated in  circulars  issued  by  the  Militia  Bureau  (fiscal  years  1919 
and  1920  excepted).     It  is  important  that  inspector-instructors  be 
thoroughly  familiar  with  these  circulars. 

413.  It  is  the  duty  of  inspector-instructors  to  provide  themselves 
with  a  complete  set  of  official  publications  of  the  War  Department 
pertaining  to  their  duties  as  well  as  a  set  of  blank  forms  authorized 
for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard.     These  publications  and  blank 
forms,  together  with  correspondence  files,  retained  copies  of  reports 
and  other  papers  pertaining  to  the  office  of  the  inspector-instructor, 
should  be  preserved  and  turned  over  to  his  successor. 

414.  One   copy  of  necessary  publications  for  reference  will  bfe 
retained  in  the  office  of  the  inspector-ins  true  tor;  one  copy  of  those 
publications  required  by  sergeant-instructors  will  be  issued  by  the 
inspector-instructor  to  each  sergeant-instructor  for  his  use  while  on 
duty  as  sergeant-instructor. 

415.  Communications  relating  to  the  duties,  or  affecting  the  status 
of  inspector-instructors  or  their  relations  with  the  State  authorities, 


122  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

will  be  addressed  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  and  forwarded 
through  department  commanders,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph 
826,  Army  Regulations. 

416.  In  connection  with  the  use  of  penalty  envelopes  by  inspector- 
instructors  in  conducting  correspondence  pertaining  to  the  work  for 
which  detailed,  the  Postmaster  General,  under  date  of  November  6, 
1913,  ruled  as  follows: 

Such  correspondence  relates  to  the  official  duties  of  the  officer,  and  under 

the  law may  be  sent  by  him  in  the  mails,  free  of  postage,  under  cover  of  a 

penalty  envelope. 

Members  of  the  Organized  Militia are  not  entitled  to  use  penalty  envelopes 

to  send  matter  in  the  mails,  free  of  postage,  except  when  such  envelopes  have  been 
furnished  them  by  an  officer  of  the  Government. 

If  the  correspondence  to  be  sent  by  a  member  of  the  Organized  Militia  of  a  State 
or  Territory  to  an  officer  of  the  Army  detailed  by  you  as  an  inspector-instructor,  under 
the  provisions  of  the  act  of  March  3,  1911,  constitutes  official  information  requested 
by  such  officer,  it  would  appear  proper  for  the  officer  to  furnish  such  member  penalty 
envelopes  for  use  in  mailing  it. 

417.  It  is  intended  that  the  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of 
Columbia  shall  provide  offices   and  office  furniture  for  inspector- 
instructors.     Wherever  it  is  impracticable  to  do  this,   the  Militia 
Bureau  will  authorize,  as  far  as  appropriations  permit,  the  hire  of 
offices  for  the  official  use  of  inspector-instructors,  the  furnishings  in 
such  rented  offices  to  be  limited  to  the  necessary  desks,  chairs,  and 
filing  equipment.     Clerical  assistants  can  not  be  furnished  inspector- 
instructors  by  the  Militia  Bureau,  except  that  they  are  authorized 
to  utilize  the  services  of  suitable  sergeant-instructors  for  this  pur- 
pose.    Such  office  expenses  as  are  authorized  by  the  Militia  Bureau 
will  be  paid  from  the  general  appropriation  for  the  National  Guard. 

418.  The  actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  by  inspector- 
instructors,  when  traveling  on  duty  in  connection  with  the  National 
Guard,  will  be  paid  from  the  general  appropriation  for  the  support 
of  the  National  Guard.     Certain  States  have  anti-tipping  laws,  and 
prohibited  tips  in  such  States  can  not  be  considered  for  reimburse- 
ment.    (See  paragraph  723.) 

The  method  of  payment  for  expenses  is  set  forth  in  paragraph  726. 
(CJianges  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

419.  Accounts  for  expenses  of  inspector-instructors  will  be  settled 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  as  set  forth  in  paragraph  659  (a) 
and  (b).     (CJianges  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

%  420.  Inspector-instructors  will  make  the  inspection  of  animals 
required  by  paragraph  966  at  all  visits  of  inspection  or  instruction 
to  the  units  to  which  they  are  assigned;  they  will,  from  time  to  time, 
inspect  the  enlistment  papers  and  other  records  of  organizations  as 
provided  for  in  paragraph  346,  paying  particular  attention  to  the 
proportion  of  one-year  and  three-year  enlistments.  They  will  also 
inspect  care  and  use  of  motor  transportation  furnished  by  the 
Federal  government. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  123 

421.  Inspector-instructors,  when  on  duty  inspecting  or  instructing 
troops,  will  wear  the  prescribed  uniform. 

422.  Officers  of  the  Regular  Army  detailed  for  temporary  duty  as 
inspectors  of  the  National  Guard,   or  as  instructors  at  National 
Guard  camps  of  instruction,  will  be  known  as  acting  inspector-instruc- 
tors; they  will  forward  their  expense  accounts  to  the  Chief,  Militia 
Bureau,  for  settlement. 

2.  SERGEANT-INSTRUCTORS. 

423.  Sergeants  of  the  Regular  Army  detailed  for  duty  with  the 
National  Guard  under  the  provisions  of  section  36,  act  of  June  3, 
1916,  will  be  known  as  sergeant-instructors.     They  are  additional 
in  their  branch  of  service,  and  are  carried  as  unassigned  at  their 
respective   department  headquarters.     The    period    of    such    duty 
will  ordinarily  be  for  three  years. 

424.  Sergeant-instructors    detailed    for   duty    with    a    particular 
regiment  or  other  unit  will  report  to,  and  be  under  the  orders  of, 
the  inspector-instructor  assigned  to  that  regiment  or  other  unit; 
if  there  be  no  inspector-instructor  on  duty  with  that  regiment  or 
other  unit,  the  sergeant  instructor  will  report  to  and  be  under  the 
orders  of  the  senior  inspector-instructor  of  his  arm  of  service  hi  the 
State,  Territory  or  district,  or  if  there  be  none  of  such  arm,  then  to 
the  senior  inspector-instructor  in  the  State,  Territory  or  district. 

425.  Upon  arriving  at  their  respective  stations,  sergeant-instruc- 
tors will  report  in  person  or  in  writing  to  the  proper  inspector- 
instructor  for    duty,   and  through   that  officer  to  the  department 
commander  for  instructions;    they  will  also  report  by  letter   to 
the  Chief,  Militia  Bureau,  giving  the  date  of  arrival  and  mail  address. 
(Changes  No.  1,  Dec.  18,  1919.) 

426.  The  duties  of  sergeant-instructors  include  all  matters  per- 
taining to  the  theoretical  and  practical  instruction  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State,  Territory,  District  of  Columbia,  or  instruction 
district  to  which  they  are  detailed.     The  Militia  Bureau  desires  that 
full  advantage  shall  be  taken  of  the  experience  which  sergeant- 
instructors  have  had  in,  and  the  knowledge  they  have  of,  matters 
of  drill,  instruction,  discipline,  and  customs  of  fke  service. 

427.  It  must  be  clearly  understood  that  sergeant-instructors  sJiaU 
not  be  employed  in  any  other  than  a  military  capacity;  their  services 
will  be  restricted  to  their  duties  as  instructors  with  the  National 
Guard  and  they  are  not  available  to  perform  the  duties  of  caretakers 
for  United  States  property  issued  to  the  National  Guard,  nor  as 
clerks,   janitors,   laborers,   etc.,   classifying,   assorting,    boxing,  and 
shipping  military  stores,    making  inventories,    checking  property, 
keeping  property  records,  receiving  and  filing  reports  of  company 
commanders,  and  clerical  work  in  the  office  of  the  Adjutant  General 


124  NATIONAL  GUARD  KEGULATIONS. 

or  in  any  other  office.  It  is  proper,  however,  for  sergeant-instruc- 
tors to  assist  the  inspector-instructors  to  whom  they  report  in 
clerical  or  other  duties  pertaining  to  the  instruction  of  the  National 
Guard. 

428.  Sergeant-instructors  are  under  the  orders  of  the  commanding 
general  of  the  Territorial  department  in  which  they  serve  and  under 
the  immediate  orders  of  the  inspector-instructor  to  whom  they  report. 

429.  Sergeant-instructors  are  not  under  the  orders  of  the  State 
authorities  nor  National  Guard  officers,  but  they  are  expected  to 
exercise  tact  and  good  judgment  and  to  maintain  harmonious  rela- 
tions with  all.     If  they  believe  the  performance  of  their  duty  is  being 
interfered  with  by  National  Guard  officers  or  enlisted  men,  they  are 
forbidden  to  enter  into  any  dispute  or  discussion  with  them  about 
the  matter,  but  they  will  make  an  immediate  report  of  all  the  cir- 
cumstances to  the  inspector-instructor  under  whom  they  are  serving. 

430.  Sergeant-instructors  are  expressly  forbidden  to  interfere  with, 
or  express  opinions  on,  the  discipline,  administration,  or  command  of 
organizations  of  the  National  Guard.     They  are  not  only  prohibited 
from  taking  sides  in  any  question  of  politics,  but  they  will  take  no 
action  which  might  lead  to  the  charge,  made  either  through  ignorance 
or  malice,  that  they  were  in  any  way  involved,  either  directly  or 
indirectly. 

431.  A  sergeant-instructor  must  constantly  bear  in  mind  the  re- 
sponsibilities of  his  position  and  the  necessity  for  maintaining,  in  his 
bearing  and  deportment,  the  standard  required  of  him  in  the  Regular 
service.     He  must  realize  the  importance  of  conducting  himself  in 
such  a  manner  as  to  cause  those  with  whom  he  is  associated  to  respect 
him  as  a  man  as  well  as  to  respect  his  ability  as  an  instructor  and 
professional  soldier.     Any  defection  or  misconduct  on  his  part  will 
seriously  affect,  if  not  altogether  destroy,  his  value  as  an  instructor. 

432.  Sergeant-instructors  will  not  be  relieved  from  duty  with  the 
National  Guard  at'  the  request  of  State  authorities  except  for  cogent 
reasons;  any  charges  which  may  arise  against  them  will  be  fully 
investigated  and  they  will  be  given  opportunity  to  reply  thereto  and 
submit  such  evidence  as  they  may  desire  before  any  action  looking 
to  their  relief  will  be  taken  by  the  War  Department. 

433.  Sergeant-instructors    will    not    accompany    National    Guard 
organizations  ordered  out  by  the  governor  of  a  State  for  riot  duty 
or  other  duty  to  suppress  disorder  or  carry  out  the  State  laws,  nor 
will  they  become  involved  therein  in  any  way  whatever. 

434.  Sergeant-instructors  will  make  such  visits  of  instruction  as 
their  inspector-instructors  may  deem  necessary  to  units  of  the  organ- 
ization with  which  they  are  detailed  and  which  are  located  at  stations 
other  than  their  own.     Application  for  orders  to  make  these  visits 
will  be  made  by  inspector-instructors  direct  to  the  department  com- 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  125 

mander  for  the  semiannual  periods  ending  June  30  and  December  31, 
with  a  statement  of  the  number  of  visits  to  be  made,  the  stations  to 
be  visited,  and  an  estimate  of  the  expense  involved. 

435.  With    the    approval    of    the   immediate   superior   inspector- 
instructor,  sergeant-instructors  may  make  other  visits  of  instruction 
provided  the  expense  therefor  be  borne  by  the  States  to  which  they 
are  assigned. 

436.  For  instructions  as  to  the  use  of  transportation  requests  by 
sergeant-instructors  when  traveling  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard 
see  paragraph  661. 

437.  Permission  to  be  absent  from  duty  for  not  more  than  24  hours 
may  be  granted  sergeant-instructors  by  inspector-instructors  under 
whom  the}7  serve;  application  for  a  pass  or  furlough  in  excess  of  24 
hours  will  be  submitted  through  the  proper  inspector-instructor  to 
the  department  commander. 

438.  Sergeant-instructors  will  make  quarterly  reports  on  March 
31,  June  30,  September  30,  and  December  31,  to  the  Chief,  Militia  Bu- 
reau, on  Form  No.  42,  Militia  Bureau.    These  reports  will  be  forwarded 
through  the  inspector-instructor  under  whom  they  are  serving,  the 
senior  inspector-instructor  on  duty  in  the  State,  Territory,  District 
of  Columbia,  or  instruction  district,  and  the  department  commander 
within  7  days  after  the  end  of  each  quarter.     They  will  make  special 
reports  on  the  same  form  when  relieved  from  duty  with  the  National 
Guard,  giving  the  date  of  relief  or  discharge,  as  the  case  may  be,  and 
citing  the  orders  involved.     Should  they  re-enlist  and  continue  on 
duty  with  the  National  Guard,  that  fact  should  be  reported  on  the 
first  quarterly  report  thereafter. 

439.  All  official  correspondence  and  reports  of  sergeant-instructors 
will  be  made  through  the  inspector-instructor  under  whom  they  serve 
and  through  the  senior  inspector-instructor  of  their  arm  of  the  service 
in  the  State,  Territory,  District  of  Columbia,  or  instruction  district 
to  which  detailed;  if  no  inspector-instructor  of  their  arm  of  the  service 
is  on  duty  in  the  State,  Territory,  District  of  Columbia,  or  instruc- 
tion district  to  which  sergeant-instructors  are  detailed,  their  corre- 
spondence and  reports  will  be  made  through  the  senior  inspector- 
instructor. 

440.  Whenever  a  sergeant-instructor  is  present  at  any  assembly 
for  armory  drill  and  instruction,  including  indoor  target  practice,  of 
any  company,  troop,  battery,  or  detachment,  he  will  render  a  report 
of  attendance  thereat  separately  for  each  unit  as  provided  for  in  para- 
graph 409. 

441.  The  publications  furnished  sergeant-instructors  by  the  Militia 
Bureau  for  use  in  connection  with  their  duties  of  instruction  of  the 
National  Guard  remain  the  property  of  the  War  Department,  and 
when  a  sergeant-instructor  is  relieved  from  duty  with  a  State  and 
returned  to  duty  with  troops,  or  discharged  and  not  reenlisted,  they 
will  be  turned  over  to  the  inspector-instructor  of  the  same  arm  or 
corps,  for  delivery  to  his  successor. 

442.  Since  it  is  necessary  for  the  Militia  Bureau  to  communicate 
directly  with  sergeant-instructors  from  time  to  time,  they  will  report 


126  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

promptly  any  permanent  change  of  address  to  the  Chief,  Militia 
Bureau. 

443.  Inasmuch   as  sergeant-instructors   are  detailed  with  States 
for  the  purpose  of  improving  the  military  efficiency  of  the  National 
Guard  by  personal  instruction  of  the  personnel,  all  stationery  "chat 
may  be  required  by  them  in  connection  with  the  performance  of 
their  duties  as  sergeant-instructors  should  be  furnished  by  the  State 
authorities,  and  their  requests  for  stationery  should  be  made  to  the 
inspector-instructor  under  whom  they  are  serving,  who  will  submit 
them  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State. 

444.  The  service  records  and  accounts  of  pay  and  clothing  of 
sergeant-instructors  will  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  senior  inspector- 
instructor  of  the  State  in  which  they  are  detailed.     They  will  be  paid, 
clothed  and  have  their  rations  commuted  by  the  headquarters  of  the 
territorial  department  in  which  they  serve.     (Changes  No.  1,  December 
18,  1919.) 

445.  The    expenses    (except    for    clothing    and    commutation    of 
rations)   of  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  on  duty  with  the 
National  Guard,  including  quarters,  fuel,  light,  medicines  and  medical 
attendance   (where  medical  attendance  by  a  medical  officer  of  the 
Army  or  hospital  service  in  an  Army  hospital  is  not  available) ,  will  be 
paid  from  the  general  appropriation  for  the  support  of  the  National 
Guard.     Pay,  commutation  of  rations,  and  clothing  allowances,   for 
such  enlisted  men  are  paid  by  the  Quartermaster  Corps,  TJ.  S.  Army, 
from  funds  appropriated  for  the  Regular  Army,  and  all  vouchers  cover- 
ing such  expenses  should  be  handled  in  the  same  manner  as  though  the 
enlisted  men  were  on  any  other  detached  service.     The  necessary  forms 
for  such  vouchers  are  not  supplied  by  the  Militia  Bureau,  but  should  be 
obtained  from  the  supply  sources  of  the  Regular  Army.     (Changes   No. 
1,  December  18,  1919.) 

446.  The  method  of  payment  for  the  actual  and  necessary  expenses 
incurred  by  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  when 
traveling  on  duty  in  connection  with  the  National  Guard  is  set  forth 
in  paragraph  726.     Attention  is  invited  to  the  fact  that  when  trav- 
eling the  allowance  for  commutation  of  rations  paid  from  the  Regular 
Army  appropriation  is  deducted  from  the  allowances  for  subsistence. 
(See  par.   728.)     Certain  States  have  anti-tipping  laws,    and    pro- 
hibited tips  in  such  States  can  not  be  considered  for  reimbursement. 
(See  par.  723.)     (Changes  No.  1,  December  18, 1919.) 

447.  Accounts  for  expenses  of  sergeant-instructors  will  be  settled 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  as  set  forth  in  paragraph  659 
(a)  and  (b).     (Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

448.  Car  fare  is  not  allowed  sergeant-instructors  from   Federal 
funds  for  travel  from  homes  to  armories  or  offices  or  vice  versa. 

Special  trips  made  from  armories  or  offices  to  which  assigned  to 
other  armories  or  offices  where  the  distance  justifies  it,  are  properly 
chargeable  to  funds  appropriated  for  travel  in  connection  with 
expenses  of  sergeant-instructors.  Such  trips  should  not  exceed 
twenty-five  in  any  one  month. 


NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  127 

449.  To  secure  suitable  quarters,  sergeant-instructors  will  submit 
a  request  in  the  form  given  below  through  the  senior  inspector- 
instructor  to  the  Chief,  Militia  Bureau.     It  is  desired  that  senior 
inspector-instructors    see    that    sergeant-instructors    have    suitable 
quarters  and  yet  not  more  than  circumstances  demand.     The  total 
for  quarters,  heat,  and  light  should  not  exceed  $30  per  month,  except 
possibly  in  localities  where  extreme  cold  climate  exists. 

FORM    FOR    APPLICATION    FOR   RENTAL   OF   QUARTERS. 

Place  

Date 

From:    Sergt ,    Sergeant-Instructor. 

To:    Col ,   Inspector-Instructor,  N.  G. 

of 

Subject:    Application  for  Quarters,  Fuel,  and  Light. 

1.  Request  that  quarters  situated  at  No 

be  rented  for  myself  and  family  (wife  and  one  child)  at  a  rate  of  $ per  month; 

from to 

2.  Fuel  and  light,  in  kind,  also  requested,  if  not  included  in  the  rent.    Estimated 
cost  per  month,  fuel  $ ,  light  $ 

3.  Reference  had  to  S.  0.  No.  ,  W.  D.,  1916,  and  S.  0.  No. ,  State 

of 

(Sgd) 

Sergeant- Instructor. 
Istlnd. 

Senior  Inspector-Instructor,  at  ,  (date) — 

To  the  Chief,  Militia  Bureau. 
Recommending  action  as  requested  above. 

'    (Sgd)     

Colonel,  Infantry. 

NOTE.— When  an  apartment  is  rented  where  heat  and  light  or  either  is  included  in  the  rental,  a  statement 
to  that  effect  should  be  made. 

Payment  of  expenses  for  quarters,  light,  and  fnel,  for  enlisted  men 
of  the  Regular  Army  detailed  with  the  National  Guard  will  be  made 
by  the  United  States  Property  and  Disbursing  Officer  for  the  State 
concerned,  upon  vouchers  (public  voucher,  Purchases  and  Services 
other  than  Personal,  War  Dept.  Form  No.  330),  made  out  in  the  name 
of  the  person  furnishing  the  service,  no  reimbursement  to  the  enlisted 
man  for  such  payments  being  authorized.  (Changes  No.  1,  December 
18,  1919.) 

450.  Noncommissioned  officers   of   the  Quartermaster  Corps  de- 
tailed to  duty  with  the  National  Guard  of  a  State  are  governed  by  the 
same  regulations  as  prescribed  for  sergeant-instructors.     They  will 
report  to  the  senior  inspector-instructor  in  the  State,  Territory,  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  or  instruction  district  and  perform  their  duties 
under  his  direction  and  supervision.     All  official  correspondence  and 
reports  will  be  made  through  him.    Their  services  will  be  restricted  to 
the  supervision  of  the  care  of  all  United  States  property  issued  to 
the  National  Guard  of  the  State  and  the  instruction  of  officers  and 
noncommissioned  officers  of  the  National  Guard  in  connection  with 
accountability  for  United  States  property.     They  are  not  available  to 
perform  the  duties  of  clerks,  storekeepers,  or  caretakers  of  property 
of  the  United  States  or  of  the  property  belonging  to  the  State. 


128  NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS. 

3.  RETIRED  OFFICERS. 

451.  Retired  officers  of  the  Army,  with  their  consent,  may  be  as- 
signed to  active  duty  for  service  in  connection  with  the  Organized 
Militia  in  the  several  States  and  Territories  upon  the  request  of  the 
governor  thereof.     (Act  of  April  23,  1904.)     The  period  of  such  duty 
will  ordinarily  be  for  four  years.     Retired  officers  can  not  be  detailed 
as  inspector-instructors  under  section  100  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916. 

452.  Upon  taking  station  retired  officers  will  report  by  letter  as 
follows : 

(a)  For  instructions  to  the  Chief,  Militia  Bureau,  and  to  the  Com- 
manding General  of  the  territorial  department  hi  which  they  are  to 
serve. 

(6)  Their  arrival  to  the  Governor  of  the  State  or  Territory  to  which 
they  are  assigned. 

453.  Retired  officers  on  duty  with  the  Organized  Militia  are  not 
available  for  duty  hi  connection  with  Federal  inspections  of  the 
National  Guard.     They  will  act  in  an  advisory  capacity  to  the  mili- 
tary authorities  of  the  State,  and  under  the  direction  of  the  senior 
inspector-instructor  on  duty  in  the  State,  may  assist  in  conducting  ex- 
aminations, schools,  target  practice,  in  the  instruction  in  the  keeping 
of  records,  the  care  of  and  accountability  for  property,  and  in  render- 
ing reports  of  attendance  at  drills.     It  is  essential  in  carrying  out  the 
policy  of  the  War  Department  that  retired  officers  work  harmoniously 
with  the  senior  inspector-instructor  of  the  State,  and  that  advice  given 
to  State  authorities  be  in  strict  conformity  with  the  approved  policy 
of  the  War  Department  and  the  methods  of  the  senior  inspector- 
instructor  in  carrying  it  out. 

454.  No  Federal  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  National 
Guard  are  payable  to  retired  officers  for  expenses  incident  to  their 
duties  with  the  National  Guard.     All  such  expenses  must  be  paid 
from  funds  appropriated  by  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  to  which 
they  are  detailed. 

455.  Retired  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  may  accompany  the 
National  Guard  when  ordered  out  by  the  Governor  of  a  State  for  riot 
duty  or  other  duty  to  suppress  disorder  or  carry  out  the  State  laws. 

456.  Retired  officers  will  render  a  quarterly  report  to  the  Chief  of 
the  Militia  Bureau  through  the  department  commander  on  March  31, 
June  30,  September  30,  and  December  31.     This  report  will  be  for  the 
same  purpose  as,  and  will  be  similar  to,  the  quarterly  report  rendered 
by  inspector-instructors.     (See  Par.  405.) 

457.  Retired  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  on  duty  with  the  Na- 
tional Guard  will  not  be  relieved  from  duty  at  the  request  of  State 
authorities,  except  for  cogent  reasons.     Any  charges  which  may  arise 
against  them  will  be  fully  investigated  and  they  will  be  given  oppor- 
tunity to  reply  thereto  and  submit  such  evidence  as  they  may  desire 
before  any  action  looking  to  their  relief  will  be  taken  by  the  War 
Department. 

458.  Whenever  a  retired  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  on  duty  with 
the  Organized  Militia  is  present  at  any  assembly  for  armory  drill  and 
instruction  including  indoor  target  practice,  of  any  company,  troop 


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battery,  or  detachment,  he  will  render  a  report  of  attendance  thereat 
separately  for  each  unit  as  provided  for  in  paragraph  409. 

459.  The   Federal   appropriations  made  for  the  support   of  the 
National  Guard  are  defined  in  an  analysis  circular  published  yearly 
from  the  Militia  Bureau.     Also  the  amounts  under  the  several  sub- 
appropriation  headings  apportioned  to  the  several  States,  Territory 
of  Hawaii,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  for  each  year,  except  for  the 
fiscal  years  1919  and  1920,  are  promulgated  in  circulars  issued  by  the 
Militia  Bureau.     It  is  important  that  retired  officers  on  duty  with  the 
Organized  Militia  be  thoroughly  familiar  with  these  circulars, 

460.  All  communications  relating  to  the  duties,  or  affecting  the 
status  of  retired  officers  of  the  Regular  Army  on  duty  with  the 
Organized  Militia  will  be  addressed  to  or  forwarded  through  the 
Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  except  as  provided  in  paragraph  826, 
Army  Regulations,  and  the  reports  of  armory  and  field  inspections, 
and  camps  of  instruction,  which  are  made  direct  to  department  com- 
manders. 

461.  Particular  attention  is  called  to  Tables  of  Organization  issued 
by  the  War  Department  hi  conforming  to  the  provisions  of  the  Acts 
of  Congress.     Retired  officers  should  be  familiar  with  these  tables. 

B.  ATTENDANCE  AT  ARMY  SERVICE  SCHOOLS. 

OFFICERS. 

462.  When  authorized  by  the  ^President,  upon  the  recommenda- 
tion of  the  governors  of  their  respective  States  or  Territories  or  of 
the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  officers 
of  the  National  Guard  may  attend  and  pursue  a  regular  course  of 
study  at  any  Army  service  school  except  the  United  States  Military 
Academy.     The  number  and  character  of  Army  service  schools  to 
which  National  Guard  officers  are  eligible  will  be  published  from  time 
to  time  in  circulars  from  the  Militia  Bureau. 

Regulations  governing  these  schools  and  information  as  to  the 
courses  of  study,  proficiency,  and  examination  are  published  in 
orders  from  the  War  Department. 

463.  Except  for  admission  to  the  Army  War  College,  which  will  be 
governed  by  War  Department  Regulations,  an  officer  must  not  be 
above  the  grade  of  colonel,  must  be  of  sound  health,  and  must  have 
such  preliminary  educational  qualifications  as  will  enable  him  to 
participate  profitably  in  the  course  of  instruction.     Applications  for 
admission  to  service  schools  will  be  submitted  through  military  chan- 
nels in  time  to  reach  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  at  least  two 
months  before  the  commencement  of  the  school  year. 

464.  Such  officers  as  have  complied  with  the  necessary  preliminary 
requirements  and  who  may  be  selected  by  the  Secretary  of  War  as 

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130  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

candidates,  will  be  authorized  to  report  to  an  inspector-instructor 
for  a  written  examination,  the  scope  of  which  will  be  announced  by 
the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 

465.  The  course  of  instruction  for  National  Guard  officers  will  be 
the  same  as  that  for  officers  of  the  Regular  Army,  and  they  will, 
upon  graduation,  receive  a  diploma  or  certificate  of  proficiency  in 
such  subjects  as  have  been  satisfactorily  completed  by  them  and 
they  will  be  classified  in  the  same  manner  as  Regular  Army  graduates 
of  the  service  school. 

466.  When  a  National  Guard  officer  is  graduated  from  a  school,  the 
fact  of  his  graduation  will  be  reported  by  the  commandant  to  the 
Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  who  will  notify  the  governor  of  his  State 
or  Territory  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia 
Militia. 

467.  Each  officer  attending  a  school  must  provide  himself,  at  his 
own  expense,  with  the  required  textbooks  and  with  the  proper  uni- 
form of  his  own  State,  Territory,  or  District,  and  he  shall  observe  the 
uniform  regulations  of  the  school  which  he  is  attending. 

468.  While  in   actual   attendance   at   any  Army  service  school, 
officers  of  the  National  Guard  shall  receive  the  same  travel  allow- 
ances and  quarters,  or  commutation  of  quarters,  and  the  same  pay 
and  allowances  to  which  an  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  of  the  same 
grade  would  be  entitled  for  attending  such  school:  Provided,  That 
the  pay  and  allowances  authorized  shall  in  no  case  exceed  those  of  a 
captain.  . 

469.  Leaves  of  absence  will  not  be  granted,  except  for  exceptional 
reasons.     The  method  of  granting  sick  and  ordinary  leaves  of  ab- 
sence will  be  the  same  as  those  prescribed  in  Army  Regulations  for 
officers  of  the  Regular  Army.     The  former  will  be  limited  to  20  days 
and  the  latter  to  10  days  within  any  one  school  year. 

470.  The  attendance  of  officers  of  the  National  Guard  pursuing  a 
course  of  study  at  a  service  school  shall  be  certified  to  by  the  com- 
mandant.    If  officers  attend  all  sessions  of  the  school  during  the 
month,  the  certificate  shall  cover  the  entire  month;  the  inclusive 
dates  of  all  absences  shall  be  stated  in  the  certificates,  and  these 
certificates  will  be  filed  with  the  officers'  accounts  for  pay  and  allow- 
ances.    The  first  account  will  also  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the 
authority  under  which  officers  reported  at  the  school. 

ENLISTED  MEN. 

471.  When  authorized  by  the  President,  upon  recommendation  of 
governors  of  their  respective  States  or  Territories  or  the  commanding 
general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  enlisted  men  of  the  Na- 
tional Guard  may  attend  and  pursue  a  regular  course  of  study  at  any 
Army  service  school  appropriate  to  their  arm  of  the  service  and  to 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  131 

which  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  are  eligible.  The  number 
and  character  of  Army  service  schools  to  which  enlisted  men  of  the 
National  Guard  are  eligible  will  be  published  from  time  to  time  in 
circulars  from  the  Militia  Bureau. 

472.  Under  the  provisions  of  section  2,  act  of  Congress  approved 
May  4,  1916,  the  President  is  authorized  to  appoint  cadets  to  the 
United  States  Military  Academy  from  among  enlisted  men  divided 
in  number  as  nearly  equal  as  practicable  between  the  Regular  Army 
and  the  National  Guard,  between  the  ages  of  19  and  22  years,  who 
have  served  as  enlisted  men  not  less  than  one  year,  to  be  selected 
under  such  regulations  as  the  President  may  prescribe. 

These  appointments  will  be  made  on  the  recommendations  of  the 
governors  of  the  several  States  and  Territories  and  the  Commanding 
general,  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  and  correspondence  relative 
thereto  should  be  forwarded  direct  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army. 

473.  In  order  to  be  eligible  for  detail  to  attend  service  schools,  en- 
listed men  of  the  National  Guard  must  be  of  sound  health,  of  good 
moral  character,  and  must  have  such  educational  qualifications  as  will 
enable  them  to  participate  profitably  in  the  regular  course  of  instruc- 
tion at  the  school. 

474.  As  a  necessary  preliminary  to  obtaining  permission  to  attend 
a  service  school  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard  must  be  recom- 
mended to  the  Secretary  of  War  by  the  governors  of  their  respective 
States  or  Territories  or  by  the  commanding  general  of  the  District 
of  Columbia  Militia.     The  recommendation  in  each  case  should  be 
accompanied  (a)  by  information  as  to  the  age  of  the  applicant  and 
length  and  character  of  his  service  in  the  National  Guard,  the  course 
he  desired  to  pursue,  his  educational  qualifications,  and  his  experi- 
ence and  instruction,  if  any,  in  the  kind  of  work  for  which  he  requests 
instruction;  and  (6)  by  satisfactory  evidence  that  the  applicant  is 
of  sound  health  and  of  good  moral  character. 

475.  Upon  receipt  of  authority  to  attend  an  Army  service  school 
enlisted  men  will  be  discharged  and  reenlisted  for  the  organization 
to  which  they  belonged,  in  order  that  the  United  States  will  derive 
the  benefit  of  the  service  of  such  men  for  a  full  term  of  enlistment,  and 
that  no  discharges  will  accrue  while  in  attendance  at  Army  Service 
Schools. 

476.  Enlisted  men  attending  a  service  school  must  be  provided 
with  the  proper  uniforms  of  the  organization  to  which  they  belong. 

477.  While  in  actual  attendance  at  a  service  school  enlisted  men 
of  the  National  Guard  shall  receive  the  same  travel  allowances  and 
quarters,  or  commutation  of  quarters,  and  the  same  pay,  allowance, 
and  subsistence  to  which  enlisted  men  of  like  grade  in  the  Regular 
Army  would  be  entitled  for  attending  such  school.     They  are  not 


132  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

entitled  to  pay  or  allowances  while  absent  for  a  period  in  excess  of 
10  days. 

478.  If  any  enlisted  man  of  the  National  Guard  attending  a  service 
school  should  show  inability  to   take  the  prescribed  course  with 
profit,  or  neglect  his  school  work,  or  disregard  orders,  or  show  him- 
self as  being  unsuitable  to  remain  at  the  school,  he  will  be  relieved 
from  the  school  and  ordered  to  his  home. 

479.  When  an  enlisted  man  of  the  National  Guard  is  relieved  from 
attendance  at  a  service  school,  the  commandant  thereof  will  issue  him 
a  certificate  of  proficiency  in  those  subjects  which  have  been  satis- 
factorily completed,  and  will  inform  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau 
as  to  the  course  in  which  such  enlisted  man  is  proficient,  with  the 
view  to  conveying  the  information  to  the  governor  of  the  State  or 
Territory  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia 
Militia,  as  the  case  may  be. 

480.  The  accounts  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  attending  service 
schools  will  be  settled  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the 
United  States  in  the  State  or  Territory  or  District  of  Columbia  in 
which  they  are  commissioned  or  enlisted. 

C.  OFFICERS  AND  MEN  OF  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD  ATTACHED  TO  THE 
REGULAR  ARMY  FOR  INSTRUCTION. 

481.  When  authorized  by  the  President,  upon  the  recommendation 
of  the  governors  of  their  respective  States  or  Territories  or  of  the 
commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  a  limited 
number  of  selected  officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard 
may  be  attached  to  the  Regular  Army  for  routine  practical  instruc- 
tion at  or  near  an  Army  post  during  a  period  of  field  training  or  other 
outdoor  exercises.     Applications  for   detail   to   duty   with   regular 
troops  should  be  submitted  through  military  channels  in  tune  to 
reach  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  at  least  two  months  before  the 
commencement  of  the  exercises. 

482.  Assignments  will  be  limited  to  organizations  of  the  same  arm, 
corps,  or  department  to  which  the  officers  or  enlisted  men  of  the 
National  Guard  belong. 

483.  Officers  must  not  be  more  than  60  years  of  age,  must  not  be 
above  the  grade  of  colonel,  and  must  be  of  sound  health.     Applica- 
tions from  enlisted  men  will  be  limited  to  those  who  are  noncom- 
missioned  officers,   and   the   complete  record   and  history  of  mili- 
tary service  will  be  submitted  with  each  application. 

484.  While  participating  in  such  exercises  or  practical  courses  of 
instruction  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard  will 
receive  the  same  pay,  allowances,  and  subsistence  to  which  officers  or 
enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  of  like  grade  would  be  entitled: 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  133 

Provided,  That  in  no  case  shall  the  pay  and  allowances  of  an  officer 
exceed  those  of  a  captain. 

485.  The  accounts  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  attached  to  the 
Regular  Army  for  routine  practical  instruction  will  be  settled  by  the 
property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  in  the  State  or 
Territory  or  District  of  Columbia  in  which  they  are  commissioned  or 
enlisted,  and  must  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  authority  under 
which  the  officer  or  enlisted  man  reported,  together  with  certificate 
of  the  commanding  officer  of  the  Regular  Army  unit  to  which  at- 
tached  as  to  the  presence  of  such  student  during  the  period  for 
which  he  is  paid. 

D.  ARMORY  INSTRUCTION. 

486.  Training  courses  for  each  arm  and  corps  will  be  published  by 
the  War  Department.     It  will  be  the  duty  of  inspector-instructors  to 
prepare  schedules  covering  the  courses  prescribed  for  their  arms  and 
corps  and  to  supervise  the  execution  of  the  details  of  such  courses. 
Special  reports  will  be  made  to  the  department  commanders  for  ref- 
erence to  the  Chief,  Militia  Bureau,  of  all  neglects  on  the  part  of 
organizations  to  conform  to  the  schedules. 

487.  Each    company,    troop,    battery,    and    detachment    in    the 
National  Guard  shall  assemble  for  armory  drill  and  instruction,  in- 
cluding indoor  target  practice,  not  less  than  48  times  each  calendar 
year  and  not  less  than  24  times  each  semiannual  period  beginning 
January  1  and  July  1  of  each  year.     Each  and  every  assembly  shall 
be  of  at  least  one  and  one-half  hours'  duration. 

488.  The  commanding  officer  of  a  company  is  responsible  for  the 
instruction,  tactical  efficiency,  and  preparedness  for  field  service  of 
his  company,  for  its  appearance  and  discipline,  for  the  care  and 
preservation  of  its  equipment,  and  for  the  proper  performance  of 
duties   connected  with   its   pay,    clothing,    accounts,    reports,    and 
returns. 

489.  In  the  absence  of  its  captain,  the  command  of  a  company 
devolves  upon  the  subaltern  next  in  rank  who  is  serving  with  it, 
unless  otherwise  especially  directed  by  higher  authority. 

490.  Captains  will  require  their  lieutenants  to  assist  in  the  per- 
formance of  all  company  duties  and  to  exercise  command  of  the  com- 
pany in  field  and  armory  instruction.     They  will  ordinarily  assign 
each  of  their  subaltern  officers  to  a  specific  position  in  the  adminis- 
tration of  the  company  and  hold  them  responsible  for  results  attained. 
One  subaltern  should  be  assigned  to  administrative  duties,  including 
the  preparation  of  rosters,  accounts,  reports  and  returns,  relieving 
the  captain  of  the  details  of  paper  work  required  by  regulations. 
One  subaltern  should  be  assigned  to  and  placed  in  charge  of  the  arms, 
equipment,  and  other  property  issued  to  the  company.     The  assign- 


134  NATIONAL  GUAKD  KEGTJLATIONS. 

ment  of  a  subaltern  to  positions  as  given  above  does  not  relieve  the 
captain  of  responsibility  for  the  complete  efficiency  of  the  company 
and  proper  care  of  property,  nor  the  subaltern  for  efficiency  in  his 
personal  instruction  and  training. 

491.  As  a  condition  to  the  payment  of  officers  and  enlisted  men 
for  armory  service,  in  addition  to  their  individual  attendance,  their 
average  attendance  at  drills  must  be  as  follows: 

(a)  For  officers  and  men  of  a  company,  troop,  battery,  or  detach- 
ment, the  attendance  at  armory  drills  for  each  semiannual  period 
after  January  1,  1920,  must  be  50  per  cent  or  more  of  the  actual  com- 
missioned strength  of  the  company,  troop,  battery,  or  detachment 
for  officers  and  be  not  less  than  60  per  cent  of  the  authorized  mini- 
mum  enlisted  peace  strength  of  the  company,  troop,  battery,  or  de- 
tachment for  enlisted  men,  provided  that  credit  for  attendance  at 
drills  shall  not  be  given  unless  the  period  of  actual  military  instruction 
participated  in  by  each  officer  and  enlisted  man  at  each  assembly, 
exclusive  of  rests  and  interruption,  is  at  least  one  and  one-half  hours 
in  duration,  and  provided  further  that  the  character  of  the  instruction 
is  such  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War.     Credit  for 
drill  attendance  of  company  officers  and  enlisted  men  will  not  be 
allowed  on  account  of  time  occupied  with  correspondence  schools. 
(Changes  No.  1,  Dec.  18,  1919.) 

(b)  The  commanding  officer  of  a  company,  troop,  or  battery  may 
designate  not  to  exceed  one  officer,  one  noncommissioned  officer,  and 
one  private  who  may  be  authorized  to  spend  the  drill  period  in  work 
on  the  company  records,  care  of  arms,  equipment,  and  property, 
preparation    of   work   for   noncommissioned   officers'    schools,    and 
conduct  of  authorized  examinations. 

(c)  The  word  " drill"  will  not  necessarily  be  restricted  to  tactical 
evolutions,  but  it  may  be  interpreted  to  include  practical  and  theo- 
retical instruction  in  duties  pertaining  to  the  special  arms  or  in  such 
subjects  as  guard  duty,  care  of  the  rifle,  equipment,  and  special 
arms,  instruction  in  tent  pitching,  combat,  patrols,  outposts,  minor 
tactics,  problems  on   the  sand   table,  field  fortifications,   talks  on 
marches,  camps,  care  of  the  feet,  sanitation,  first  aid  to  the  injured, 
making  and  breaking  camp,  packing  wagons,  railroad  transportation, 
care  of  animals,  making  of  pay  rolls,  military  courtesy  and  customs 
of  the  service,  the  Articles  of  War,  gallery  practice,  instruction  and 
examination  of  gunners,  rated  men,  and  noncommissioned  officers. 

(d)  A  company  may  participate  in  an  out-door  exercise  or  maneu- 
ver and  take  credit  for  the  same  as  an  armory  drill,  provided  that 
such  exercise  or  maneuver  shall  be  of  not  less  than  one  and  one-half 
hours'  duration. 

(e)  Credit  for  not  to  exceed  one  assembly  for  armory  drill  Ln  any  one 
week  and  not  to  exceed  eight  such  credits  in  any  one  calendar  year 
may  be  given  to  a  soldier  for  participation  in  target  practice  on  a 


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rifle  range,  provided  that  the  target  practice  shall  be  supervised  by  a 
commissioned  officer,  and  that  not  less  than  8  enlisted  men  of  the 
same  company,  troop,  or  battery  shall  be  present  and  engage  in 
target  practice  for  a  continuous  period  of  not  less  than  1£  hours,  and 
provided  further  that  the  above  provisions  shall  not  apply  to  camps 
of  instruction  for  field  training  or  for  camps  for  rifle  practice. 

(f)  Credit  for  more  than  one  drill  will  not  be  allowed  for  any  one  day, 
except  by  special  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

DRILLS. 

492.  For  all  organizations: 

(a)  Two  drills  held  within  a  week  (commencing  Sunday  and  ending 
Saturday,  inclusive)  may  be  counted  as  one  assembly:  Provided,  That 
the  attendance  at  each  drill  be  not  less  than  one  officer  and  30  per 
cent  of  the  authorized  minimum  enlisted  strength,  or  of  the  enrolled 
strength  where  it  exceeds  the  authorized  minimum  of  a  company, 
troop,  battery,  or  detachment ;  Provided  further,  That  credit  can  not 
be  claimed  for  the  attendance  of  the  same  personnel  at  both  drills 
and  no  officer  or  enlisted  man  can  secure  credit  for  more  than  one 
drill  of  this   character   even   though   he  may  attend  both,  and  his 
attendance  at  one  drill  and  not  both  drills  shall  be  considered  in 
computing  the  percentage  required  for  the  semiannual  period:  Pro- 
vided  further,  That  the  average  attendance  required  for  each  semi- 
annual period  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  491  (a)  above  is  not  in  any 
manner  waived  or  changed. 

(b)  The  drills  authorized  in  this  paragraph  will  be  recorded  sepa- 
rately on  proper  forms,  using  a  column  for  each  drill  to  show  the 
attendance  thereat. 

(c)  Officers  and  enlisted  men  in  a  company,  troop,  battery,  or 
detachment  can  not  qualify  for  pay  separately.     Both  officers  and 
enlisted  men  must  have  the  required  average  attendance  for  the  semi- 
annual period  for  either  class  to  receive  pay. 

493.  In  order  to  receive  credit  for  drill,  a  member  of  an  organization 
must  drill  or  participate  in  exercises  with  his  own  organization. 
However,  the  personnel  of  headquarters  and  supply  companies  or 
troops  is  such  as  to  permit  certain  exceptions  to  be  made  to  this  regu- 
lation without  loss  of  efficiency  in  the  training  of  these  organizations. 
The  exceptions  authorized  are  fully  stated  below: 

HEADQUARTERS  COMPANY,  TROOP,  OR  DETACHMENT. 

(a)  The  commanding  officer,  regimental  sergeant  major,  color  ser- 
geants, first  sergeant,  mess  sergeant,  supply  sergeants,  stable  ser- 
geant, sergeants,  sergeant  bugler,  corporals  (Field  Artillery),  cooks, 
buglers  (Field  Artillery),  mechanic  (Field  Artillery),  privates,  first 
class,  and  privates,  will  be  located  at  one  station.  Credit  for  drill 


136  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

will  be  given  these  members  only  for  drills  or  exercises  with  this 
portion  of  the  company. 

(6)  The  battalion  or  squadron  sergeants  major  are  authorized  to 
be  located  at  the  stations  of  their  respective  battalion  or  squadron 
commanders,  and  credit  for  drills  will  be  given  them  for  periods  of 
instruction  given  them  by  their  respective  battalion  or  squadron 
commanders  or  battalion  or  squadron  adjutants. 

(e)  The  band  section  is  authorized  to  be  located  at  a  station  other 
than  that  of  its  company  or  troop,  provided  there  is  a  commissioned 
officer  and  an  organization  of  the  same  arm  at  that  station,  and 
credit  for  drills  will  be  given,  provided  the  drills  or  exercises  are 
supervised  by  a  commissioned  officer. 

(d)  Horseshoers,   saddlers,   and   wagoners   are   authorized   to   be 
located  at  a  station  other  than  that  of  the  company  or  troop,  where 
a  company,  battery,  or  troop  of  the  regiment  is  stationed,  provided 
there  are  no  animals  issued  to  the  headquarters  company  or  troop, 
and  credit  for  drills  will  be  given  when  they  drill  with  an  organiza- 
tion of  their  own  arm,  provided  they  are  horseshoers,  saddlers,  or 
teamsters,  respectively,  by  occupation. 

(e)  When  all  of  the  batteries  of  a  Field  Artillery  regiment  are  not 
located  in  one  place,  one  battalion  section  and  one  officer  of  a  head- 
quarters company  or  a  supply  company  may  be  located  at  a  station 
other  than  that  of  its  company  and  credit  for  drills  will  be  given. 
Where  battalion  sections  have  been  so  located,  credit  for  drills  given 
to  such  sections  under  a  commissioned  officer  is  authorized. 

(f)  Master  engineers  will  be  used  as  instructors  with  any  companies 
of  the  battalion  or  regiment  to  which  they  belong,  and  may  be  located 
at  such  stations  as  will  best  permit  them  to  carry  out  such  duties, 
and  will  be  given  credit  for  drills  or  exercises  which  they  attend  in 
that  capacity. 

SUPPLY  COMPANY,  TROOP,  OR  DETACHMENT. 

(g)  Commissioned  officers,  regimental  supply  sergeants,  first  ser- 
geants, mess  sergeants,  stable  sergeants,  corporals,  cooks,  and  pri- 
vates (Field  Artillery),  will  be  located  at  one  station.     Credit  for 
drill  will  be  given   these  members  only  for  drills  or  exercises  with 
this  portion  of  the  company. 

(Ji)  Detachments  of  headquarters  and  supply  companies  or  troops 
authorized  for  battalions  of  Field  Artillery  and  squadrons  of  Cav- 
alry not  forming  a  part  of  a  regiment  will  be  located  at  one  station, 
except  horseshoers,  saddlers,  and  wagoners.  Credit  for  drill  will  be 
allowed  the  members  of  these  detachments  only  for  drills  or  exer- 
cises with  their  own  detachments.  The  exceptions  extended  to 
horseshoers,  saddlers,  and  wagoners  of  headquarters  and  supply 


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companies  will  be  extended  to  these  members  of  detachments  of 
headquarters  and  supply  companies. 

(i)  The  attendance  of  any  member  of  a  headquarters  or  supply 
company  or  troop,  or  of  a  detachment  of  a  headquarters  or  supply 
company  or  troop  authorized  to  drill  with  a  company  or  troop  other 
than  his  own,  will  be  recorded  on  the  form  "Record  of  monthly 
attendance  at  drills"  with  the  organization  with  which  he  drills. 
However,  it  will  be  the  duty  of  his  company  or  troop  commander 
to  secure  evidence  of  his  attendance  at  such  drill  and  report  the 
attendance  of  such  member  on  the  form  "Record  of  monthly  attend- 
ance at  drills"  of  his  own  company  or  detachment. 

HEADQUARTERS  AND  STAFF. 

(7)  Colonels,  lieutenant  colonels,  and  majors  will  be  required  to 
attend  the  number  of  assemblies  for  armory  drill  and  instruction, 
and  of  the  same  duration  as  prescribed  for  officers  of  companies. 
Their  duties  will  consist  of  participating  in  tactical  evolutions  with 
their  commands  when  the  latter  are  drilled  as  units,  close  supervision 
of  the  training,  appropriate  practical  work  in  administration,  and 
such  administrative  and  tactical  studies  and  exercises  as  may  be 
prescribed  by  the  inspector-instructor.  They  will  visit  the  various 
units  of  their  commands  and  exercise  a  constant  and  close  super- 
vision of  the  manner  in  which  the  prescribed  drills  and  exercises  are 
executed,  and  will  conduct  a  critique  at  the  end  of  each  drill  wit- 
nessed. Their  remarks  will  include  an  enumeration  of  the  deficien- 
cies observed  and  a  statement  of  the  means  to  be  taken  to  correct 
them. 

(k)  Staff  officers  and  noncommissioned  staff  officers  of  a  regiment, 
battalion,  or  similar  command  will  be  required  to  attend  the  number 
of  drills  and  of  the  same  duration  prescribed  for  officers  of  companies. 
Their  duties  will  consist  of  participating  in  tactical  evolutions  with 
their  commands  when  the  latter  are  drilled  as  units,  and  of  appro- 
priate administrative  and  tactical  studies  and  exercises  prescribed 
by  the  inspector-instructor  when  their  commands  are  not  so  drilled. 

(I)  Staff  officers  (except  those  commanding  companies,  troops, 
and  sanitary  units)  of  The  Adjutant  General's  Department,  Inspec- 
tor General's  Department,  Judge  Advocate  General's  Department, 
Quartermaster  Corps,  and  the  Ordnance  Department  will  be  required 
to  attend  the  number  of  assemblies  for  drills  and  of  the  same  duration 
prescribed  for  officers  of  companies.  Their  duties  in  uniform  in 
armory  office  will  consist  of  appropriate  practical  work  in  adminis- 
tration, supply,  mobilization,  equipment,  and  records,  and  in  such 
administrative  and  tactical  studies  and  exercises  as  may  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  inspector-instructor  in  carrying  out  the  program 
prescribed  by  the  War  Department. 


138  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

494.  The  enlisted  personnel  of  staff  corps  and  departments  assigned 
to  divisions  and  of  State  administrative  staff  and  brigade  head- 
quarters  detachments  will  be  required    to   attend   the  number  of 
assemblies  for  drill,  such  assemblies  to  be  of  the  same  duration 
prescribed  for  companies.     Their  duties    in    uniform  in  armories, 
arsenals,  and  storehouses  will  consist  of  appropriate  practical  work 
in   administration,   supply,   mobilization,   equipment,   and  records, 
and  in  such  appropriate  studies  and  exercises  as  may  be  prescribed 
by  the  inspector-instructor. 

495.  The  location  of  the  enlisted  personnel  of  staff  corps  and  depart- 
ments assigned  to  divisions  and  of  State  administrative  staff  will  be 
such  that  they  may  be  instructed  by  the  officers  of  their  own  corps 
or  department,  and  no  such  enlisted  man  should  be  stationed  at  a 
town  where  there  is  no  officer  of  his  corps  or  department. 

496.  Aids-de-camp  will  be  required  to  attend  drills  with  the  or- 
ganizations from  which  they  are  detailed,  or  to  which  they  are  at- 
tached, as  required  for  company  officers. 

497.  Chaplains  will  be  required  to  be  in  armory  or  in  camp,  avail- 
able for  consultation,  for  an  equal  number  of  periods  of  the  same 
duration  prescribed  for  officers  of  companies.     Credit  will  be  given 
for  sermons  delivered  to  a  military  command  or  visits  to  sick  soldiers 
in  hospital  or  at  their  homes.     Chaplains  are  charged  with  the  welfare 
and  entertainment  of  enlisted  men. 

498.  General  officers  will  be  required  to  visit  the  various  units  of 
the  commands  for  the  purpose  of  inspection.     It  is  not  intended  that 
their  visits  will  be  occasions  of  ceremony  as  a  rule,  but  that  they  will 
time  their  trips  so  as  to  observe  the  troops  in  their  routine  drills  and 
training.     A  definite  number  of  trips  is  not  prescribed,  but  general 
officers  will  be  expected  to  keep  themselves  informed  as  to  the  prog- 
gress  of  all  the  units  in  their  commands,  both  as  to  training  and  equip- 
ment, and  as  to  their  general  efficiency.     At  each  visit  of  inspection 
they  will  conduct  a  conference  and  direct  means  calculated  to  correct 
the  deficiencies  which  are  observed.     They  will  also  submit  efficiency 
reports  on  commissioned  officers  and  formal  recommendations  to  the 
adjutant  general  of  the  State,  covering  defects  which  they  are  unable 
to  remedy.     When  practicable,  the  inspection  visits  of  general  officers 
will  be  made  in  company  with  inspector-instructors. 

499.  In  addition  to  such  requirements  as  may  be  prescribed  in  the 
special  regulations  for  the  instruction  of  officers  of  the  Medical  Corps, 
the  State,  territorial  or  district  surgeon  of  a  State,  Territory,  or  the 
District  of  Columbia,  will  be  required  to  make  official  visits  to  sanitary 
detachments  and  units  for  the  purpose  of  observing  the  progress  of 
their  training,  condition  of  their  equipment,  and  general  efficiency. 
The  total  number  of  such  visits  during  a  semiannual  period  must  be 
not  less  than  three,  and,  if  practicable,  the  itineraries  will  be  arranged 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  139 

so  that  all  sanitary  troops  will  be  visited  at  least  once  during  a  semi- 
annual period. 

500.  Field  and  staff  officers  who  do  not  reside  at  the  station  of  their 
command  will  be  required  to  take  such  correspondence  courses,  in 
lieu  of  attending  drills,  as  may  be  prescribed  by  inspector-instructors. 

501.  The  expense  incident  to  the  travel  of  general  officers,   field 
officers,  staff  officers,  and  noncommissioned  staff  officers  in  attendance 
at  drills  prescribed  for  them  is  not  a  proper  charge  against  Federal 
funds. 

502.  The  commanding  officer  of  each  company,   troop,   battery, 
and  detachment  shall  keep,  on  a  form  furnished  by  the  Militia  Bu- 
reau, a  monthly  record,  in  triplicate,  of  each  officer  and  enlisted  man 
of  his  organization  at  every  drill  or  assembly  for  inst ruction,  showing 
the  name  of  the  person,  the  date  of  the  drill,  the  period  during  which 
he  was  actually  present  and  under  instruction  in  uniform,  and  the 
character  of  the  drill  and  instruction  for  the  entire  period.     This 
roster  of  attendance  certified  to  by  the  senior  officer  on  duty  with  the 
organization  will  be  again  certified  to  by  the  battalion  commander 
or  officer  of  corresponding  command,  providing  he  is  on  duty  at  the 
station  of  the  company,  and  delivered  or  mailed  to  the  regimental 
commander  immediately  after  the  last  drill  or  instruction  of  each 
month.     Regimental  or  separate  battalion,  company,  troop,  battery, 
and  detachment  commanders  will  forward  the  original  reports  of 
attendance  directly  to  the  department  commander,  and  the  duplicate 
copies  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State.     The  triplicate  copies 
will  be  retained  in  the  organization  records. 

Battalion  commanders  and  officers  of  corresponding  command  will 
ascertain  that  it  represents  an  exact  statement  of  the  drill  and  in- 
struction undergone  during  the  monthly  period. 

503.  A  monthly  record  of  attendance  will  be  kept  on  the  form  and 
as  prescribed  for  companies,  as  follows: 

(a)  For  general  officers,  aids-de-camp,  and  staff  officers  of  a  divi- 
sion or  brigade  commander  by  the  senior  officer. 

(&)  For  the  field  and  staff  officers,  chaplains,  and  noncommissioned 
staff  officers  of  a  regiment,  separate  battalion,  or  similar  command 
by  the  regimental,  separate  battalion,  or  similar  commander. 

(c)  For  the  officers  of  staff  corps  or  detachments  not  provided  for 
above,  by  the  senior  line  officer  at  the  station  or  town  of  said  officer. 

(d)  It  will  be  the  duty  of  all  officers  to  see  that  their  attendance 
at  armory  drill  and  instruction  is  duly  reported  as  required  by  these 
regulations. 

(e)  One  copy  of  each  of  the  rosters  of  attendance  required  above 
will  be  forwarded  by  the  officer  named  directly  to  the  department 
commander  at  the  end  of  each  month  and  a  duplicate  copy  to  the  ad- 
jutant general  of  the  State. 


140  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

504.  Armory  drills  will  be  supplemented  by  such  armory  schools, 
courses,  and  questions  and  answers,  as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  War 
Department  for   officers   and   enlisted   men.     Inspector-instructors 
will  conduct  these  courses  and  the  examinations  thereon  in  accord- 
ance with  the  directions  in  each  case.     It  shall  be  the  duty  of  officers 
and  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard  to  pursue  the  studies  pre- 
scribed in  such  armory  schools,  correspondence  courses,  and  ques- 
tions, and  to  take  the  examinations  thereon.     All  stationery,  maps, 
and  material  required  for  such  armory  schools  and  correspondence 
courses  will  be  procured  by  requisition  upon  the  Chief,  Militia  Bu- 
reau, the  cost  thereof,  to  be  charged  against  the  State's  apportion- 
ments under  section  67  of  the  Act  of  June  3,  1916. 

E.  FIELD  INSTRUCTION. 

(See  sees.  94,  95,  96,  and  97,  act  of  June  3,  1916.) 

505.  Each    company,    troop,    battery,    and    detachment   in    the 
National  Guard  shall  participate  in  encampments,  maneuvers,  or 
other  exercises,  including  outdoor  target  pratice,  at  least  15  days 
each  year,  unless  excused  from  participation  in  any  part  thereof  by 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

506.  To  insure  progress  and  uniformity  in  instruction,  the  Militia 
Bureau  will  formulate  on  or  before  March  1  of  each  year  a  general 
scheme  of  instruction  for  the  ensuing  summer  period  for  the  informa- 
tion of  department  commanders  and  Coast  Artillery  district  com- 
manders.    Subject  to  the  requirements  of  the  general  scheme  and  to 
the  limitations  imposed  by  available  funds,  department  commanders 
will,  after  direct  correspondence  with  the  adjutants  general  of  the 
States,  initiate  plans  for  summer  camps  for  the  National  Guard 
within  their  respective  departments. 

507.  Based  upon  the  general  scheme  of  instruction  referred  to  in 
the  preceding  paragraph,  programs  of  instruction  for  the  National 
Guard  at  encampments  or  field  exercises  will  be  prepared  under  the 
direction  of  the  department  commander  well  in  advance  of  the  date 
set  for  the  encampment  or  exercise.     Programs  for  coast-defense 
exercises  will  be  submitted  in  a  similar  manner  and  for  final  approval 
to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  Coast  Artillery  district  in  which  the 
exercises  are  to  be  held.     Copies  of  all  programs  of  instruction  will 
be  sent  through  department  commanders  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia 
Bureau  by  those  preparing  them.     Programs  will  provide  for  a  daily 
period  of  instruction  of  not  less  than  8  hours,  Sundays  and  holidays 
excepted. 

508.  Subject  to  such  general  directions  as  the  Secretary  of  War 
may  issue  to  insure  uniformity  in  the  instruction  of  the  National 
Guard,  department  commanders  will  have  charge  of  all  encampments, 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  141 

maneuvers,  and  other  exercises  of  the  National  Guard  held  in  their 
respective  departments. 

509.  The  Regular  Army  personnel  necessary  for  instruction  at 
authorized   encampments   and  maneuvers   and  for  field   or  coast- 
defense  exercises  of  the  National  Guard  will  be  provided  through 
direct  correspondence  between  the  adjutants  general  and  commanders 
of  departments  in  which  the  State  is  located. 

510.  Of  the  officers  sent  to  attend  encampments,  manuevers,  or 
field  or  coast- defense  exercises,  including  inspector-instructors  regu- 
larly detailed  with  the  National  Guard,  as  many  will  be  assigned  by 
department  commanders  to  make  the  field  inspections  as  may  be 
necessary,  the  number  usually  not  to  exceed  one  for  each  battalion. 
When  practicable,  officers  will  be  assigned  to  their  own  arms  of  the 
service  for  inspection  duty.     Reports  of  field  inspections  will  be 
made  on  the  prescribed  forms  and  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Militia  Bureau  through  department  commanders. 

511.  Inspector-instructors  and  sergeant-instructors  will  be  at  the 
disposition  of  department  commanders  during  the  summer  encamp- 
ment period,  and  will  be  available  as  instructors  at  any  authorized 
National  Guard   camp,   manuever,   field   or  coast-defense   exercise 
within  the  limits  of  the  department. 

512.  Credit  for  attendance  at  encampments,  maneuvers,  or  exer- 
cises shall  not  be  given  unless  the  average  number  present  for  duty 
during  the   encampment   period   shall   exceed   50   per  cent  of   the 
prescribed  minimum  strength  of   officers   and  be  not  less  than  80 
per  cent  of  the  prescribed  minimum  strength  of  enlisted  men  of  the 
company,  troop,  battery,  or  detachment;  nor  unless  the  periods  of 
actual  military  duty  and  instruction  participated  in  by  each  officer 
and  enlisted  man  on  each  day  on  which  he  shall  be  credited  as  having 
been  present,  and  the  character  of  training  engaged  in,  shall  be  such 
as  may  be  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War  for  the  encampment. 
In  order  to  receive  credit  for  attendance  all  men  present,  except 
cooks  or  kitchen  police  and  noncommissioned  officers  in  charge  of 
quarters  or  camp,  and  those  on  sick  report,  must  actually  participate 
in  the  maneuvers,  target  practice,  or  other  exercises.     No  officer  or 
enlisted  man  shall  receive  pay  for  attendance  at  such  encampment, 
maneuver,  or  exercise  unless  he  shall  have  been  present  and  partici- 
pated during  at  least  one-half  of  the  number  of  days  authorized  for 
attendance  of  the  organization  to  which  such  officer  or  enlisted  man 
belongs. 

513.  Unless   otherwise   directed  by  department  commanders,   it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  inspector-instructor  or  other  regular  officer 
detailed  as  instructor  at  such  camps  to  verify  the  attendance  in  his 
organization  at  each  day's  duties  and  to  report  to  the  senior  inspector- 
instructor  the  attendance  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  with  the  char- 


142  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

acter  of  instruction  pursued  and  the  time  devoted  to  the  exercises 
prescribed  in  the  approved  program  of  instruction. 

514.  The  location  and  suitability  of  the  camp  sites  and  ranges  for 
encampments,   maneuvers,    or   other   exercises,   for  field    or   coast- 
defense  instruction  and  outdoor  target  practice  shall  be  determined 
or  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  or  by  department  commanders 
under  instructions  from  the  Secretary  of  War. 

515.  No  bills  should  be  contracted  or  obligations  incurred  by  any 
officer  of  the  National  Guard  in  connection  with  the  participation  of 
the  National  Guard  in  joint  camps  of  instruction  or  maneuvers,  pro- 
viding for  payment  to  be  made  by  the  United  States,  except  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  National  Guard  Regulations 
and  the  acts  of  Congress  appropriating  funds  for  the  support  of  the 
National  Guard. 

516.  Requisitions  for  supplies  for  joint  encampments  of  instruc- 
tion must  be  made  to  the  proper  supply  officers  of  the  Regular  Army 
in  charge  of  issuing  supplies  thereat,  and  should  specify,  as  near  as 
possible,  the  exact  quantities  of  supplies  that  will  be  required.     The 
military  authorities  of  the  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of 
Columbia  should  inform  the  supply  officer  of  the  camp  as  far  as 
possible  in  advance  of  the  date  of  the  joint  exercises  or  encampments 
the  probable  quantities  of  supplies  of  each  kind  that  will  be  required 
in  anticipation  of  the  requisitions   that  will  be  submitted   to   the 
supply  officers  later  at  the  encampments. 

517.  Care  should  be  exercised  that  no  supplies  in  excess  of  absolute 
necessity  are  requisitioned  for.     The  cost  of  any  supplies  ordered,  if 
met  from  Federal  funds,  must  be  charged  against  funds  under  the 
subappropriation    " General    expenses,    equipment   and    instruction, 
National  Guard,"   apportionment  for   "  Equipment  and  incidental 
expenses,"  provided  sufficient  funds  remain  to  the  credit  of  the  State, 
Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,  otherwise  from  funds  other  than 
Federal. 

518.  As  the  National  Guard  while  participating  in  joint  maneuvers 
or  encampments  is  not  " called  forth"  in  the  manner  or  for  any  of 
the  purposes  prescribed  in  the  Constitution,  they  continue  to  be  State 
forces  and  do  not  at  any  time  pass  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States. 

519.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard  while  attend- 
ing national  rifle  contests  or  joint  camps  of  instruction  may  be 
admitted  to  field  hospitals  of  the  Army  on  the  approval,  respectively, 
of  the  executive  officer  of  the  national  matches  or  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  joint  camp  of  instruction.     For  subsistence  charges  in 
above  case,  see  paragraph  724. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  143 

520.  Officers  of  the  National  Guard  not  belonging  to  organizations 
attending  maneuvers  may  be  assigned  to  duties  of  grades  correspond- 
ing to  those  held  by  them,  respectively,  to  fill  vacancies  which  may 
exist  temporarily  in  such  organizations,  and  may  be  paid  the  pay  due 
their  grade  from  Federal  funds  for  the  performance  of  such  duties. 
They  shall  be  entered  on  pay  rolls,  in  red  ink,  after  the  roll  proper, 
and  reported  as  "  attached. " 

521.  Each  command  must  be  mustered  for  pay  as  provided  in  para- 
graph 720.     For  regulations  governing  pay,  transportation,  and  sub- 
sistence of  the  National  Guard  while  participating  in  encampments, 
maneuvers,  or  other  exercises,  including  outdoor  target  practice,  see 
Article  XV. 

F.  TARGET  PRACTICE  AND  COMPETITIONS. 

TARGET  PRACTICE. 

522.  Outdoor  target  practice  is  included  under  the  classification 
of  encampments  and  maneuvers  in  section  92,  act  of  June  3,  1916. 
Outdoor  target  practice  must  therefore  be  in  the  nature  of  camps  of 
instruction  under  canvas  or  in  cantonments  to  be  credited  as  part  of 
the  15  days  in  training  required  by  the  act,  or  to  entitle  the  members 
of  the  National  Guard  to  pay,  transportation,  and  subsistence,  except 
that  when  authorized  by  the  department  commander,  detachments 
of  not  less  than  1  officer  and  8  enlisted  men  from  the  same  organ- 
ization may  engage  in  outdoor  target  practice  in  accordance  with 
properly  prepared  schedules. 

523.  All  small-arms  target  practice  will  be  conducted  in  accordance 
with   the  provisions  of  the  Small-Arms  Firing  Manual  and  other 
regulations  of  the  War  Department.     The  expenditure  of  ammuni- 
tion, issued  by  the  Federal  Government,  for  purposes  other  than  those 
authorized  in  the  Small-Arms  Firing  Manual  and  other  regulations 
of  the  War  Department,  is  prohibited.     Officers  and  enlisted  men 
not  belonging  to  organizations  armed  with  the  rifle,  pistol,  01  machine 
gun  are  not  authorized  to  participate  in  small-arms  practice. 

524.  All  practice  must  take  place  under  the  immediate  super- 
vision of  a  commissioned  officer  of  the  National  Guard,  who  shall  be 
responsible  that  the  requirements  of  the  regulations  are  complied 
with. 

525.  Regulations  concerning  the  disposition  of  empty  cartridge 
cases,  empty  packing  boxes,  bandoleers,  and  clips,  derived  from  the 
expenditure  of  small-arms  ammunition  issued  to  the  National  Guard 
by  the  Ordnance  Department,  are  contained  in  paragraphs  907  and 
908. 


144  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

526.  Under  the  provisions  of  Small-Arms  Firing  Manual,  company 
and  regimental  figures  of  merit  will  be  calculated  by  multiplying — 

The  number  of  expert  riflemen  (including  hold-over  expert 

riflemen) by  120 

The  number  of  sharpshooters by  110 

The  number  of  marksmen by  100 

The  number  of  first-class  men by    60 

The  number  of  second-class  men by   40 

The  number  of  unqualified by     0 


Total. 


(a)  The  company  figure  of  merit  is  obtained  by  dividing  the  sum  of 
the  products  by  the  total  number  in  the  six  classes,  provided  the  total 
number  equals  or  is  below   the  prescribed  minimum  strength  of 
officers  and  men  of  the  company.     When  the  total  number  in  the  six 
classes  is  greater  than  the  prescribed  minimum  strength  of  officers 
and  men  of  the  company  the  divisor  will  be  the  actual  commissioned 
and  enlisted  strength  of  the  company  diminished  by  the  number  of 
officers  and  enlisted  men  authorized  but  not  required  to  fire,  who  did 
not  fire. 

Figure  of  merit  will  not  be  separately  computed  for  headquarters, 
machine-gun,  and  supply  companies. 

(b)  The  regimental  figure  of  merit  will  be  obtained  by  taking  the 
total  number  of  the  different  classes  for  the  entire  regiment,  multi- 
plied by  the  proper  multiplier,  and  divided  by  the  authorized  mini- 
muni  strength  of  officers  and  men  where  the  strength  of  the  organ- 
ization equals  or  is  below  the  minimum,  and  by  the  actual  number  in 
the  organization  where  the  total  is  in  excess  of  the  minimum  strength. 
Those  authorized  but  not  required  to  fire  will  be  included  only  when 
they  do  fire. 

(c)  Acting  inspectors  of  small-arms  practice  are  not  recognized  as 
a  part  of  the  National  Guard  by  the  War  Department  and  should 
not  be  considered  in  computing  figure  of  merit     The  report  of  small- 
arms  firing  should  be  signed  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  camp 
where  the  firing  was  conducted  in  place  of  the  inspector  of  small- 
arms  practice. 

527.  The  figure  of  merit  for  the  National  trophy  awarded  annually 
by  the  War  Department  will  be  computed  by  multiplying. 

(a)  The  number  of  expert  riflemen,  sharpshooters,  marksmen by  1.00 

(6)  The  number  of  first-class  men by    .60 

(c)  The  number  of  second-class  men by    .40 

And  adding  the  products  thus  obtained. 

WHO  WILL  FIRE — KNOWN  DISTANCE  PRACTICE — REQUIRED  TO  FIRE. 

528.  All  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  regiments  of  Infantry,  Cav- 
alry, and  Engineers,  and  of  mounted  battalions  of  Engineers,  except 


NATIONAL,  GUAKD  REGULATIONS.  145 

those  authorized  but  not  required  to  fire,  and  except  bandsmen, 
will  fire. 

All  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  companies  of  Coast  Artillery  will 
fire  Special  Course  A. 

AUTHORIZED  BUT  NOT  REQUIRED  TO  FIRE. 

529.  Staff  departments,  except  medical  and  chaplains,  all  officers 
and  enlisted  men. 

Staff  Corps,  all  officers  and  enlisted  men. 

Field  and  staff  officers  of  regiments  of  Infantry,  Cavalry,  and 
Engineers,  of  mounted  battalions  of  Engineers,  and  of  the  Coast 
Artillery  Corps. 

Enlisted  men  of  headquarters,  supply,  and  machine-gun  troops  and 
companies  of  Cavalry  and  Infantry.  Enlisted  men  of  regiments 
and  mounted  battalions  of  Engineers  who  do  not  belong  to  com- 
panies. Noncommissioned  staff  officers  of  the  Coast  Artillery  Corps. 

All  officers  enumerated  above  of  over  10  years'  commissioned  or 
commissioned  and  enlisted  service,  except  officers  of  the  Medical 
Department  and  chaplains,  are  authorized  but  not  required  to  fire. 

Cooks  may  be  excused  from  firing. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men  authorized  but  not  required  to  fire,  and 
who  are  not  on  duty  with  a  company  or  troop  which  takes  target 
practice,  will,  if  they  fire,  be  attached  to  organizations  for  practice 
and  will  be  classified  on  the  report  of  the  organization  to  which  so 
attached. 

530.  Small  arms  practice  will  be  recorded  on  the  following  forms: 
No.  70,  M.  B. — Individual  record — All  arms — Rule  practice. 
Nos.   75  and  75 (a)   M.   B. — Companies  Infantry,   Cavalry,    and 

Engineers — Small- Arms  Practice. 

Nos.  15  and  15 (a)  M.  B. — Regiments,  separate  organizations 
Infantry,  Cavalry,  and  Engineers.  Adjutants  general  of  States — 
Small- Arms  Practice. 

No.  409,  A.G.O. — Special  Course  "A,"  Companies  Coast  Artil- 
lery— Rifle  practice. 

No.  305,  A.G.O. — Individual  record — All  arms — Pistol  Practice. 

No.  308,  A.G.O. — Classification  companies,  Field  Artillery  and 
Coast  Artillery — Pistol  practice. 

531.  The  annual  report  of  small-arms  firing  rendered  by  the  adju- 
tants general  of  States  should  show  the  consolidated  reports  of  regi- 
ments and  separate  organizations  of  Infantry,  Cavalry,  and  Engi- 
neers in  rifle  and  pistol  practice;  pistol  practice  for  Field  Artillery, 
and  pistol  practice  and  rifle  practice  Special  Course  "A'1  for  Coast 
Artillery,  omitting  the  figure  of  merit. 

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146  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

RIFLE  CAMPS  OF  INSTRUCTION. 

532.  Rifle  camps  of  instruction  must  conform  in  all  respects  to  the 
regulations  governing  field  instruction,  (pars.  505  to  521  inclusive). 

The  executive  personnel  will  be  detailed  from  the  officers  of  the 
organizations  participating. 

533.  Markers,    telephone   men,    and   laborers   will   ordinarily   be 
detailed  from   the   organizations   participating  in   target  practice. 
Where,  however,  it  is  specifically  shown  that  this  procedure  would 
increase  the  number  of  days  necessary  for  the  camp,  and  thereby 
increase  the  total  cost  of  the  same,  markers  may  be  employed  at  a  rate 
not  to  exceed  two  markers  for  every  ten  enlisted  men  or  major  frac- 
tion thereof  hi  excess  of  five  participating  in  small-arms  practice  and 
firing  on  each  and  every  day  of  service,  and  at  a  rate  of  pay  not  to 
exceed  25  cents  per  hour  for  each  hour  of  actual  employment  as  such, 
but  no  marker  or  telephone  man  shall  receive  pay  hi  excess  of  $2  per 
day.     Civilians  employed  for  this  purpose  are  paid  from  the  appor- 
tionment for  "  Rifle  practice  and  target  ranges."     Enlisted  men  of 
organizations  not  participating  in  the  encampment  may  be  employed 
and  paid  as  civilians.     Payments  for  transportation  or  subsistence 
are  not  authorized  to  civilians  or  enlisted  men  employed  as  such. 
Vouchers  covering  the  pay  of  markers  will  be  accompanied  by  a  cer- 
tificate of  the  executive  officer  that  the  conditions  of  this  paragraph 
have  been  complied  with. 

534.  The  necessity  of  using  telephones  on  rifle  ranges  must  be 
clearly  set  forth  and  have  the  approval  of  the  governor  of  the  State 
or  Territory,  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia 
Militia,  together  with  his  certificate  that  the  expense  was  for   the 
use  of  the  National  Guard  and  essential  for  the  promotion  of  rifle 
practice.    The  same  requirements  govern  an  expense  in  connection 
with  repairing  telephones. 

RIFLE  COMPETITIONS. 

(Sees.  92,  109,  110,  act  of  June  3,  1916.) 

535.  Service  at  rifle  competitions  will  not  be  reckoned  in  the  assem- 
blies for  drill  and  instruction  nor  as  part  of  period  of  encampment  or 
maneuvers  prescribed  in  section  92.     Periods  of  service  at  com- 
petition under  Federal  pay  are  periods  for  which  officers  and  enlisted 
men  are  lawfully  entitled  to  the  same  pay  as  officers  and  enlisted 
men  of  the  corresponding  grades  in  the  Regular  Army,  in  the  meaning 
of  sections  109  and  110,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  such  periods  can  not 
therefore  be  reckoned  in  periods  for  which  compensation  is  paid 
under  the  provisions  of  those  sections. 

536.  Pay  for  officers  and  pay  and  subsistence  for  enlisted  men 
who  are  members  of  the  national  rifle  team  of  a  State,  or  are  included 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  147 

hi  the  additional  personnel  authorized  in  orders  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment, are  authorized  for  the  following  periods,  viz: 

Fourteen  days'  preliminary  practice,  exclusive  of  the  preliminary 
team  practice  allowed  by  the  national  match  rules  after  arrival  at 
the  national  match  range;  and 

The  period  of  the  national  match,  including  the  period  of  author- 
ized matches  held  in  conjunction  with  the  national  matches  and  the 
necessary  tune  of  travel  in  going  to  and  returning  from  the  national 
match  range. 

Pay  and  subsistence  for  the  above  periods  except  subsistence  during 
the  period  of  the  national  match  are  payable  from  funds  under  the 
sub  appropriation  "Expenses,  camps  of  instruction,"  appropriation 
" Arming,  equipping,  and  training  the  National  Guard."  Expenses 
other  than  pay  during  the  period  of  the  national  match  are  met  from 
funds  specially  appropriated  for  the  national  match. 

537.  Competitions  held  for  the  purpose  of  selecting  a  national 
rifle  team  must  conform  in  all  respects  to  the  rules  hereinafter  pre- 
scribed for  State  competitions. 

538.  Interstate  rifle  competitions  are  not  authorized,  except  after 
special  approval  in  each  case  of  the  War  Department.     To  obtain 
authority  for  this  purpose  the  entire  scheme  must  be  submitted  to 
the  War  Department,  and  conditions  under  which  the  competition 
can  be  carried  out  as  a  charge  against  Federal  funds  must  be  spe- 
cifically described.     Each  State  planning  to  participate  must  submit 
an  application  to  the  Militia  Bureau,  with  a  certificate  showing  that 
at  least  75  per  cent  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  armed  with  the 
rifle  have  fired  the  prescribed  course  in  small-arms  firing  during  the 
current  season.     Before  the  expenses  of  a  State  team  can  be  paid 
from  Federal  funds  for  participation  in  an  interstate  competition 
specific  authority  in  the  case  of  each  team  must  be  obtained  from  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

539.  Pay  and  transportation  for  officers  and  pay,  transportation 
and  subsistence  for  enlisted  men  participating  in  State  rifle  compe- 
titions are  payable  from  the  funds  under   the  sub-appropriation 
''Expenses,  camps  of  instructions,"  appropriation  "Arming,  equip- 
ping, and  training  of  the  National  Guard,"  provided  the  following 
conditions  are  complied  with,  viz: 

(a)  The  competition  shall  include  in  the  course  of  fire  for  each 
competitor  the  record  practice,  Regular  Army  course.  For  com- 
petitors belonging  to  organizations  all  of  whose  members  are  armed 
with  the  pistol,  it  shall  include  the  record  practice,  dismounted 
pistol  course,  as  prescribed  in  Small-Arms  Firing  Manual. 

(6)  To  be  eligible  as  a  competitor  an  officer  or  enlisted  man  must 
belong  to  an  organization  armed  with  the  rifle  in  which  not  less  than 


148  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

75  per  cent  enlisted  strength  shall  have  completed  the  prescribed 
course  of  target  practice  during  the  current  target  year. 

(c)  There  must  be  present  and  participating  on  each  and  every 
day  of  the  competition  at  least  40  competitors.     No  officer  or  enlisted 
man  shall  be  eligible  as  a  competitor  who  during  the  year  in  which 
the  competition  is  held  has  not  previously  completed  the  prescribed 
course  of  rifle  practice,  or  in  the  case  of  pistol  competitions,  who 
has  not  completed  the  prescribed  course  of  dismounted  pistol  practice. 

(d)  At  least  two-thirds  of  the  total  number  of  competitors  shall 
be  enlisted  men  who  in  their  organizations  are  armed  with  the  rifle, 
or,  in  the  case  of  pistol  competitions,  enlisted  men  who  in  their  organi- 
zations are  armed  with  the  pistol. 

(e)  Officers  of  grades  higher  than  that  of  captain  shall  be  ineligible 
as  rifle  competitors. 

(/).  No  officer  or  enlisted  man  shall  be  eligible  to  attend  competi- 
tions with  the  same  arm  (i.  e.,  rifle  or  pistol)  as  a  competitor  for 
more  than  three  years  in  succession. 

(g)  No  person  shall  be  paid  as  a  competitor  hi  State  rifle  competi- 
tions for  more  than  10  days  in  any  one  calendar  year. 

(h)  Pistol  competitions  are  authorized  only  in  conjunction  with 
rifle  competitions  or  camps  of  instruction.  The  attendance  of 
officers  or  enlisted  men  at  competitions  for  the  sole  purpose  of  com- 
peting with  the  pistol  is  not  authorized  except  from  organizations 
not  armed  with  the  rifle. 

540.  The  authorized  executive  personnel  at  State  rifle  competi- 
tions shall  not  exceed  the  following: 

Where  organizations  represented  in  the  competition  do  not  exceed 
50  companies  or  similar  organizations:  1  executive  officer,  of  grade 
not  to  exceed  that  of  major,  who  shall  also  act  as  chief  range  officer; 
1  adjutant,  of  grade  not  to  exceed  that  of  captain,  who  shall  also 
act  as  statistical  officer;  1  quartermaster,  of  grade  not  to  exceed  that 
of  captain;  1  medical  officer,  of  grade  not  to  exceed  that  of  captain, 
and  assistant  range  officers  of  grade  not  to  exceed  that  of  captain, 
and  at  the  rate  not  to  exceed  1  for  every  20  competitors  or  major 
fraction  thereof. 

Where  the  organizations  represented  in  the  competition  exceed 
50  companies  or  similar  organizations:  1  executive  officer,  of  grade 
not  to  exceed  that  of  colonel;  1  adjutant,  of  grade  not  to  exceed 
that  of  major,  who  shall  also  act  as  statistical  officer;  1  quarter- 
master, of  grade  not  to  exceed  that  of  captain;  2  medical  officers, 
one  of  whom  shall  be  of  grade  not  to  exceed  that  of  major  and  the 
other  that  of  captain;  1  chief  range  officer,  of  grade  not  to  exceed 
that  of  captain;  and  assistant  range  officers  of  grade  not  to  exceed 
that  of  captain,  and  at  the  rate  not  to  exceed  1  for  every  20  com- 
petitors or  major  fraction  thereof. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATION'S.  149 

541.  Enlisted  men  or  civilians  may  be  employed  as  markers  and 
scorers  at  State  rifle  competitions  at  a  rate  not  to  exceed  3  markers 
and  scorers  for  every  10  competitors  present  on  each  and  every  day 
of  the  competition;  not  to  exceed  1  enlisted  man  or    civilian    for 
every  50  competitors  present  on  each  and  every  day  of  the  com- 
petition is  authorized  as  assistant  to  the  statistical  officer.     Two 
enlisted   men   or  civilians  for   every  10  targets  or  major  fraction 
thereof,  or  for  every  butt  where  a  butt  contains  5   or  more  targets, 
may  be  employed  as  telephone  operators.     Two  privates  or  civilians 
as  laborers  for  every  50  competitors  or  major  fraction  thereof  present 
on  each  and  every  day  of  the  competition  may  be  employed.     Not 
to  exceed  2  enlisted  men  of  the  Hospital  Corps  are  authorized  for 
the  purpose  of  caring  for  the  sick.     Enlisted  or  civilian  cooks  are 
authorized  at  a  rate  not  to  exceed  1  for  every  30  enlisted  men  or 
major  fraction  thereof  herein  authorized  to  attend  the  competition. 
Civilians  employed  under  the  provisions  of  this  paragraph  are  paid 
from  the  apportionment  for  "Rifle  practice  and  target  ranges "  and 
enlisted  men  from  the  apportionment  for  "  Equipment  and  incidental 
expenses "  not  to  exceed  the  rate  of  pay  prescribed  in  paragraph 
533  of  these  regulations. 

542.  All  expenses  of  competitions  paid  from  Federal  funds  must 
be  paid  from  the  appropriations  under  section  67,  act  of  June  3, 
1916,    except   where   special   appropriations   have   been    made   by 
Congress  for  such  expenses. 

543.  The  provisions  governing  State  competitions  apply  to  all 
rifle  and  pistol  competitions  held  within  a  State  in  which  troops  of 
that  State  only  participate. 

544.  The  disbursement  of  Federal  funds  for  cash  prizes  or  for 
prizes  consisting  of  articles  of  merchandise  is  not  authorized.     An 
annual  expenditure  for  medals  or  trophies  at  a  rate  not  to  exceed 
$100  per  regiment  and  a  proportional  amount  for  separate  organ- 
izations is  authorized. 

545.  A  trophy  shall  be  awarded  by  the  War  Department  annually 
to  that  company  of  Infantry,  Coast  Artillery,  Engineers,  or  troop  of 
Cavalry  of  the  National  Guard  of  each  State,  Territory  of  Hawaii, 
and  the  District  of  Columbia  firing  the  course  of  rifle  practice  pre- 
scribed for  infantry,  which  attains  the  highest  figure  of  merit  com- 
puted  in   accordance   with   instructions   given   in   paragraph   527, 
provided  that  the  trophy  shall  not  be  awarded  to  any  organization 
in  which  the  number  of  men  qualifying  as  second-class  men  or  better 
is  less  than  75  per  cent  of  the  total  enlisted  strength  borne  on  the 
rolls  of  the  organization  during  the  period  from  June  1  to  September 
30.     On  March  1  of  each  year  the  adjutants  general  of  the  several 
States,   Territory  of  Hawaii,   and  the  District  of  Columbia    shall 


150  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATION'S. 

report  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  through  the  Chief  of  the  Militia 
Bureau,  the  name  of  the  organization  to  which  the  award  is  to  be 
made  for  the  past  year  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this 
paragraph,  together  with  a  copy  of  the  report  of  small-arms  firing 
of  the  organization.  This  report  will  be  accompanied  by  a  certifi- 
cate of  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory  of  Hawaii,  or 
District  of  Columbia  to  the  effect  that  to  the  best  of  his  knowledge 
and  belief  the  scores  set  opposite  the  name  of  each  officer  and 
enlisted  man  are  bona  fide  scores,  made  as  prescribed  in  the  Small 
Arms  Firing  Manual.  Upon  receipt  of  the  certificate  from  the 
War  Department  making  the  award  of  the  trophy  the  adjutant 
general  of  the  State,  Territory  of  Hawaii,  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
will  present  the  trophy  to  the  organization,  to  be  retained  by  it  for 
one  year,  together  with  the  certificate,  which  will  become  the  per- 
manent property  of  the  organization.  State  authorities  are  respon- 
sible for  the  safekeeping  of  the  trophy,  and  are  obliged  to  replace 
it  in  event  of  its  loss  or  destruction. 


AETICLE  XI. 
UNIFORM. 

A.  NATIONAL  GUARD. 

546.  The  uniform  of  the  National  Guard  will  be  that  prescribed  in 
the  Regulations  for  the  Uniform  of  the  United  States  Army  with  the 
exceptions  hereinafter  stated. 

547.  Uniforms  issued  to  the  National  Guard  and  paid  for  from 
Federal  appropriations  are  the  property  of  the  United  States,  and 
they  will  not  be  worn  by  members  of  the  National  Guard  except 
upon  official  occasions,  including  mobilization,  assemblies  for  armory 
training,   target  practice,   camps  of  instruction  and  field  training, 
parades,  and  reviews.     They  may  be  worn  on  social  occasions  only 
at  assemblies  at  the  authorized  armory  when  authorized  or  required 
by  the  commanding  officer  concerned.     The  wearing  of  uniforms  on 
private  social  occasions  is  expressly  prohibited.     The  wearing   of 
mixed  uniform  and  civilian  dress  is  prohibited. 

548.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard  not  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States  are  authorized  to  wear  as  part  of  their 
uniform  such  National  Guard  medals  and  badges  as  are  authorized 
by  their  respective  State  laws  or  regulations.     When  such  badges  and 
medals  are  worn  they  will  be  worn  on  the  left  of  the  medals  and  badges 
authorized  in  the  Regulations  for  the  Uniform  of  the  United  States 
Army. 

549.  Under  the  provisions  of  Section  125  of  the  National  Defense 
Act  of  June  3,  1916,  authorizing  the  Secretary  of  War  to  designate 
organizations  that  may  wear  their  prescribed  uniforms,  the  military 
organizations  of  each  State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
constituted  by  the  laws  thereof,  and  including  all  members  thereof, 
whether  members  of  the  National  Guard  or  not,  are  designated  as 
organizations  whose  members  may  wear  their  prescribed  uniforms: 
Provided,  That  where  such  prescribed  uniforms  are  similar  to  the 
uniforms  legally  prescribed  for  the  United  States  Army,  Navy,  or 
Marine  Corps,  distinctive  marks  and  insignia  shall  be  worn  as  a 
part  thereof  as  herein  prescribed. 

550.  Adjutants  general  and  officers  of  the  staff  corps  and  depart- 
ments of  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  organi- 
zations of  the  National  Guard  recognized  as  such  by  the  War  De- 
partment under  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  shall  wear  collar  ornaments 
and  insignia  as  prescribed  below; 

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152  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

BRONZE    METAL. 

(a)  For  all  officers  of  the  federally  recognized  National  Guard  the 
letters  "U.  S."  in  gothic  design,  five-eighths  inch  high,  each  letter 
followed  by  a  period,  with  letters  forming  the  authorized  abbrevia- 
tion of  the  name  of  the  State,  not  to  exceed  four  letters,  one-fourth 
inch  high,  in  gilt  metal,  superimposed  thereon.  All  superimposed 
letters  will  be  gothic  design. 

(6)  The  letters  "U.  S."  with  the  State  abbreviation  superimposed, 
will  be  worn  1  inch  from  each  end  of  the  collar,  with  a  suitable 
space  between  the  letters,  and  placed  midway  between  the  upper 
and  lower  edges  of  the  collar. 

(c)  The  insignia  of  the  corps,  department,  or  arm  of  service,  and 
the  insignia  of  aids  and  chiefs  of  staff  will  be  worn  five-eighths  inch 
from  the  letters  "U.  S."  next  to  letter  farthest  from   opening   of 
collar. 

For  all  enlisted  men  of  the  federally  recognized  National  Guard: 

(d)  On  the  right  side  of  collar,  a  disk  one  inch  hi  diameter,  with 
raised  rim  encircling  the  letters  "U.  S."  in  bronze,  with  the  letters 
forming  the  authorized  abbreviation  of  the  name  of  the  State,  not  to 
exceed  four  letters,  superimposed  thereon  in  bright  metal;  the  disk 
will  also  bear  below  the  letters  "U.  S."  the  number  of  the  regiment, 
or  other  numbered  unit  when  applicable.     When  there  is  no  unit 
number  the  "U.  S."  will  be  in  the  center  of  the  disk. 

(e)  On  the  left  side  of  collar,  a  disk  one  inch  hi  diameter  with 
raised  rim,  encircling  the  device  of  the  corps,  department,  or  arm  of 
the  service;  this  disk  will  also  bear  in  the  lower  angle  of  the  device 
(except  in  Engineer  companies  where  the  letter  will  be  above  the 
middle  turret)  the  company  letter  for  men  in  troops,  batteries,  or 
companies,  except  headquarters,  machine  gun,  and  supply  companies, 
which  will  bear  the  letters  "H.  Q.,"  "M.  G.,"  or  "S.,"  respectively. 

(/)  Disk  insignia  will  be  worn  on  the  service  coat,  edge  of  disk 
to  be  1  inch  from  the  end  of  the  collar,  and  the  disk  to  be  midway 
between  the  upper  and  lower  edges  of  the  collar. 

B.  STATE  FORCES. 

551.  The  executive,  administrative,  and  supply  staff  officers  and 
aids  to  the  governor,  and  all  other  officers  duly  appointed,  and  en- 
listed men  of  State  guard  or  State  militia  troops  organized  and  main- 
tained under  State  laws,  but  who  are  not  recognized  as  legally  con- 
stituted National  Guard  officers,  enlisted  men,  or  forces  within  the 
meaning  of  the  Act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916,  shall  wear— 

(a)  On  overcoats,  raincoats,  dress  and  full  dress  and  service  coats, 
and  on  olive-drab  shirts  when  worn  without  a  coat,  a  scarlet  five- 
pointed  star  of  cloth  or  felt,  measuring  1  inch  from  its  center  to 


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each  point  thereof,  on  the  outside  of  each  sleeve  and  centered  IJ 
inches  from  the  lower  end  thereof. 

(&)  Collar  ornaments,  bronze:  Any  selected  by  the  State  except 
disks  resembling  those  used  by  the  Regular  Army  in  size,  shape,  or 
device,  or  those  used  by  the  United  States  Navy  or  Marine  Corps. 

(c)  All  sleeve  braid,  including  overcoats:  Any  color  except  those 
prescribed  for  Regular  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps — viz,  brown, 
gold,  yellow,  or  black. 

(d)  For  distinctive  cap  or  hat  device,  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  State 
or  any  other  device  except  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States  worn 
by  the  United  States  Army  and  the  cap  devices  used  by  the  United 
States  Navy  and  Marine  Corps. 

552.  For  Home  Guards,  State  police,  constabulary,  defense  leagues, 
etc.: 

(a)  Half  brassard:  Two  inches  wide,  plain  cadet-gray  felt,  across 
and  outside  left  arm  from  seam  to  seam  midway  between  elbow  and 
shoulder  to  be  sewed  on  overcoat,  blouse,  and  shirt  when  worn 
without  blouse. 

(6)  Collar  ornaments,  bronze:  Any  selected  by  the  State  except 
disks  resembling  those  used  by  the  Regular  Army  in  size,  shape,  or 
device,  or  those  used  by  the  United  States  Navy  or  Marine  Corps. 

(c)  Sleeve  braid:  Any  color  except  those  prescribed  for  Regular 
Army,  Navy,  or  Marine  Corps — viz,  brown,  gold,  yellow,  or  black. 

(d)  For  distinctive  cap  or  hat  device,  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  State 
or  any  other  device  except  the  coat  of  arms  of  the  United  States  worn 
by  the  United  States  Army,  and  the  cap  devices  used  by  the  United 
States  Navy  and  Marine  Corps. 

553.  The  above  requirements  apply  only  when  the  State  uniform 
in  any  given  case  is  similar  to  one  or  more  of  the  United  States 
uniforms  specified.     If  the  uniform  adopted  by  any  State  for  any 
organization  is  wholly  unlike  any  of  the  uniforms  used  by  the  Army, 
Navy,  or  Marine  Corps  in  material,  color,  or  cut,  so  as  to  be  clearly  dis- 
tinguishable from  such  United  States  uniforms,  then  the  foregoing 
regulations  do  not  apply. 

554.  The  statute  cited  in  paragraph  549  above  is  a  penal  statute, 
and  the  final  decision  as  to  its  infraction  in  any  case  can  be  made 
only  by  a  competent  criminal     court. 

555.  Chevrons,  indicating  noncommissioned-officer  grades,  will  be 
worn  on  the  right  sleeve. 


AETICLE  XII. 
INSPECTIONS. 

556.  The  Federal  inspections  of  the  National  Guard  are  classified 
as  follows: 

(a)  Armory  inspections. 
(6)  Field  inspections. 
(c)  Special  inspections. 

557.  Armory  inspections  will  be  made  annually  by  officers  of 
the  Regular  Army,  under  the  direction  of  the  Inspector  General 
of  the  Army,  and  will  be  completed  during  the  period  from  January 
1  to  March  31,  inclusive. 

The  primary  objects  of  the  armory  inspection  are  to  determine: 
(a)  Whether  the  National  Guard  is  organized  as  prescribed  by 

law  and  regulations. 

(&)  Whether  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  possess  the  physical 

and  other  qualifications  prescribed  by  law  and  regulations. 

(c)  Whether  the  organization  and  the  officers  and  enlisted  men 
thereof  are  sufficiently  armed,  uniformed,  and  equipped  for  active 
duty  hi  the  field  or  coast  defense. 

(d)  Whether  the  National  Guard  is  being  suitably  trained  and 
instructed  and  disciplined  for  active  duty  in  the  field  or  coast  defense. 

(e)  Whether  the  amount  and  condition  of  the  property  in  the 
hands  of  the  National  Guard  are  satisfactory. 

(/)  Whether  the  records  are  being  kept  in  accordance  with  the  law 
and  regulations. 

(g)  To  test  each  officer  by  requiring  him  to  demonstrate  his 
proficiency  in  the  instruction  and  in  the  technical  and  tactical 
handling  of  his  command. 

558.  The  annual  armory  inspections  will  be  formal  occasions,  and 
the  reports  of  the  inspecting  officers  will  serve  as  a  principal  basis 
for  deciding  as  to  the  issue  to  and  retention  by  the  National  Guard 
of  military  property  provided  under  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and 
for  determining  what  organizations  and  individuals  shall  be  con- 
sidered  as   constituting  parts   of   the   National   Guard   within   the 
meaning  of  the  said  act. 

559.  Field  inspections  will  be  made  annually  by  officers   of   the 
Regular  Army  under  the  direction  of  department  commanders  in 
the  course  of  such  encampments,  maneuvers,  or  field  or  coast  defense 
exercises  as  may  be  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

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The  primary  objects  of  the  field  inspection  are: 

(a)  To  determine  the  preparedness  of  the  organization  for  war 
service. 

(6)  To  determine  the  capacity  of  officers  for  the  exercise,  in  the 
field,  of  command  appropriate  to  their  rank. 

(c)  To  determine  the  degree  of  care  that  is  bestowed  upon  Federal 
property  in  the  field. 

No  formal  field  inspection  is  required.  The  reports  will  be  prepared 
on  prescribed  forms  from  notes  made  during  the  field  service. 

560.  Special  inspections  of  the  National  Guard  will  include: 
(a)  The  accounts  of  property  and  disbursing  officers. 

(&)  The  Field  Artillery  materiel  and  Coast  Artillery  materiel 
furnished  by  the  Ordnance  Department  of  the  Army. 

(c)  The  Coast  Artillery  materiel  furnished  by  the  Signal  Corps  of 
the  Army. 

(d)  Informal  inspections  of  new  organizations  which  are  proposed 
for  recognition  as  a  part  of  the  National  Guard. 

(e)  Such   additional  investigations   as   may  be   ordered  by   the 
Secretary  of  War. 

561.  Inspections  of  the  National  Guard  will  be  made  by  inspectors 
general,  or  by  other  officers  of  the  Regular  Army,  detailed  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  for  that  purpose.     As  soon  as  an  officer  receives 
notice  of  his  designation  for  duty  as  inspector  of  the  National  Guard 
he  will  enter  into  correspondence  with  the  State  military  authorities 
with  a  view  to  making  the  necessary  arrangements.     Care  should 
be  taken  to  consult  the   convenience  of   the  units  that  are  to  be 
inspected,  and  in  the  case  of  regiments  composed  of  scattered  com- 
panies, or  of  companies  composed  of  scattered  platoons,  it  is  not 
necessary  that  the  units  shall  be  brought  together  for  the  purpose 
of  inspection,  but  the  separate  parts  can  be  inspected  at  their  home 
armories. 

562.  There  is  no  objection  to  State  inspections  being  made  at  the 
same  time  as  the  Federal  inspection,  with  the  distinct  understanding, 
however,  that  the  Federal  inspection  takes  precedence  and  is  in  no 
way  interferred  with. 

563.  The  inspecting  officer  will  verbally  inform  the  organization 
commander  of  irregularities  or  deficiencies  noted  in  connection  with 
the  subject  of  organization,  armament,  and  equipment,  and  will  at 
the  same  tune  offer  such  assistance,  advice,  or  suggestions  as  may  be 
practicable  looking  to  their  correction. 

564.  Only  such  property  as  is  submitted  to  the  personal  examina- 
tion of  the  inspecting  officer  will  be  included  in  the  report,  and  in 
determining  the  serviceability  or  unserviceability  of  any  article  the 
inspector  will  be  guided  by  Regular  Army  standards.     It  is  incum- 


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bent  upon  the  State  authorities  to  produce  the  property  and  not  upon 
the  inspecting  officer  to  institute  a  search  therefor. 

565.  In  computing  the  numerical  strength  of  organizations  credit 
will  be  allowed  only  for  men  who  are  uniformed,  armed,  and  equipped 
so  far  as  equipment  has  been  furnished.     Officers  and  enlisted  men 
who  are  necessarily  absent  from  their  commands  at  the  time  of  the 
armory  inspection  may  be  inspected  with  another  organization  of 
the  same  State,  providing  they  present  the  written  authority  of  the 
adjutant  general  of  the  State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
as  the  case  may  require.     A  member  of  the  National  Guard  can  not 
be  attached  to  an  organization  of  another  State  for  the  purpose  of 
inspection.     Members    of    organizations    temporarily    absent    from 
their  commands  for  the  purpose  of  attending  any  service  school  will 
be   counted  in   the   aggregate  strength  of   the   organization  being 
inspected,  the  circumstances  being  noted  in  the  inspection  report. 

566.  Reports  of  the  armory  and  field  inspections  will  be  forwarded 
to  the  department  commander,  who  will  examine  them  with  a  view 
to  detection  of  errors  and  incompleteness  and  their  correction  by  the 
responsible  inspectors,  and  then  forward  them  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Militia  Bureau. 

567.  The  chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  will  furnish  copies  of  extracts 
of  the  annual  inspection  reports  to  the  States  for  transmittal  to  the 
organizations    concerned,    and    the    organization    commander    will 
report  through  military  channels  the  steps  that  are  being  taken  to 
correct  the  defects  noted.     Federal  inspections  will  include  an  exami- 
nation of  the  records  of  the  organization  with  a  view  to  determining 
whether  deficiencies  existing  at  the  last  inspection  have  been  cor- 
rected, and  it  will  be  incumbent  upon  the  commanding  officer  thereof 
to  present  to  the  inspecting  officer  the  reports  or  extracts  of  reports 
of  the  last  annual  armory  and  field  inspections. 

568.  Inspection  of  the  accounts  and  records  of  the  National  Guard 
property  and  disbursing  officers  for  the  United  States,  required  by 
section  67  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916,  will  be  made 
at  least  once  each  year  by  officers  of  the  Inspector  General's  Depart- 
ment of  the  Army.     The  frequency  of  these  inspections  will  be  regu- 
lated by  the  Secretary  of  War.     Inspectors  general  will  inquire  into 
and  report  upon  the  necessity,  economy,  and  propriety  of  all  dis- 
bursements of  the  National  Guard  property  and  disbursing  officers 
for  the  United  States,  their  strict  conformity  to  the  law  appropria- 
ting the  money,  whether  these  officers  comply  with  the  law  hi  keep- 
ing their  accounts  and  making  their  disbursements,  and  whether 
their  property  records  are  complete  and  properly  kept,  and  the  re- 
quired reports  rendered.     A  statement  of  receipts  and  expenditures 
and  of  the  distribution  of  funds,  with  lists  of  outstanding  checks, 
on  forms  furnished  by  the   Inspector  General   of  the  Army  will  be 
submitted  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  to  the  inspector,  who 


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should  immediately  transmit  the  lists  of  outstanding  checks  to  the 
Treasury  Department.  Upon  return  from  the  Treasury  Department 
balances  will  be  verified  and  noted  on  the  inspection  report,  which 
will  then  be  forwarded  to  the  Inspector  General,  with  a  copy  of  each 
list  of  outstanding  checks  and  the  indorsements  thereon.  The 
original  lists  will  be  retained  by  the  inspector  to  be  used  at  the  next 
inspection  of  the  officer's  accounts  and  then  sent  to  the  Inspector 
General. 

569.  The  Field  Artillery  materiel  and  Coast  Artillery   materiel 
issued  to  the  National  Guard  by  the  Ordnance  Department  of  the 
Army  will  be  inspected  by  officers  of  that  Department  designated  by 
the  Chief  of  Ordnance  under  instructions  from  the  Secretary  of  War. 
Upon  receipt  of  orders  to  inspect  the  materiel  in  the  possession  of  any 
State,  the  inspecting  officer  will  notify  the  military  authorities  of  the 
State  of  his  designation  for  duty  and  the  date  upon  which  the  materiel 
will  be  inspected  by  him.     The  proper  National  Guard  authorities  will 
render  such  assistance  as  he  may  require,  including  the  furnishing  of 
details  of  men  for  the  purpose  of  maneuvering  the  materiel.    When- 
ever practicable  not  to  exceed  two  rounds  will  be  fired  from  each  field 
gun  by  the  inspecting  officer,  the  ammunition  for  this  purpose  being 
furnished  by  the  United  States.     Upon  the  completion  of  the  in- 
spection of  each  battery  or  headquarters  detachment  in  the  case  of 
Field  Artillery,  and  of  each  armory  in  the  case  of  Coast  Artillery,  the 
inspecting  officer  will  submit  a  report  in  duplicate  on  the  prescribed 
form  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance,  wTho  will  transmit  one  copy  to  the 
Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau.     The  report  will  state  in  detail  the  con- 
dition of  all  parts  of  the  ordnance  equipment,  and  if  defective  in 
any  way  the  extent  and  character  of  the  repairs  required,  and  the  cause 
of  the  damaged  condition  of  the  property. 

570.  Department  commanders  will  cause  annual  inspections  to  be 
made  of  Signal  Corps  Coast  Artillery  equipment  installed  in  such  armo- 
ries of  the  National  Guard  as  may  be  designated  by  the  Secretary  of 
War.    Ordinarily  such  inspections  will  be  made  by  the  artillery  engi- 
neers of  the  coast  defense  commands  to  which  the  National  Guard  or- 
ganizations are  permanently  assigned.     Officers  designated  to  make 
these  inspections  will  communicate  with  the  adjutant  general  of  the 
State  concerned  and  the  National  Guard  authorities  will  furnish  such 
assistance  as  the  inspector  may   require.     Reports    covering   the 
inspection  will  be  prepared  in  duplicate  on  the  prescribed  forms  and 
submitted  to  the  department  commander,  who  will  forward  both 
copies  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army  for  reference  to  the 
Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  and  to  the  Chief  Signal  Officer.     The 
report  will  state  hi  detail  the  condition  of  all  parts  of  the  signal  corps 
equipment,  and  if  defective  in  any  way  the  extent  and  character 
of  the  repairs  required  and  the  cause  of  the  damaged  condition  of  the 
property. 


AKTICLE    XIII. 
COURTS-MARTIAL  IN  THE  NATIONAL  GUARD. 

571.  The  system  of  courts-martial  for  the  National  Guard  when 
not  in  the  service  of  the  United  States  is  outlined  in  sections  102  to 
108,  inclusive,  act  of  June  3,  1916  (pars.  63-69,  inclusive).      Whentfo 
National  Guard  is  in  the  service  of  the  United  States ,  it  is  in  all  respects 
subject  to  the  Articles  of  War.     In  that  event  the  sections  named  and 
the  provisions  of  this  article  have  no  application. 

572.  The  provisions  of  this  article  are  intended  to  explain  wherein 
the  composition,  jurisdiction,  and  procedure  of  courts-martial  in  the 
National  Guard  differ  from  those  of  courts-martial  in  the  Regular 
Army.     Except  as  indicated  herein,  the  Manual  for  Courts-Martial 
will  be  strictly  followed.     (References  given  below  are  to  paragraphs, 
Manual  for  Courts-Martial,  1917,  corrected  to  Aug.  1,  1918.) 

573.  A  National  Guard  court-martial  has  power  to  try  all  officers 
and  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard  belonging  to  the  State,  Ter- 
ritory, or  District  from  which  its  members  are  appointed,  and  also 
officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  whenever 
they  are  called  out  for  service  or  are  actually  engaged  in  training 
with  the  active  National  Guard.     (Par.  4,  p.  2.) 

574.  All  officers  of  the  National  Guard  belonging   to  the  State, 
Territory,  or  District  concerned,  and  such  officers  of  the  Reserve  as 
are  actually  engaged  in  service  or  training  with  the  active  National 
Guard,   are   competent   to   serve   as   members   of  a   court-martial. 
Officers  of  the  Regular  Army,  unless  holding  commissions  in  the 
National  Guard,  and  officers  of  another  State,  Territory,  or  District, 
are  not  eligible  as  members.     (Par.  6,  p.  6.) 

575.  The  retired  list  existing  in  many  States  is  no  part  of  the 
National  Guard  within  the  meaning  of  the  law,  and  officers  whose 
names  are  borne  on  such  lists  are  not  eligible  to  sit  as  members  of 
National  Guard  courts-martial.     (Par.  9  (6),  p.  7.) 

576.  A  general  court-martial  in  the  National  Guard  may  be  con- 
vened by: 

(a)   The  President  of  the  United  States. 
(6)   The  governor  of  a  State  or  Territory. 

(c)    The  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia. 
(Par.  14,  p.  9.) 

577.  A   special   court-martial   in    the    National   Guard    may   be 
appointed  by  the  commanding  officer  of  a  garrison,  fort,  post,  camp, 

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or   other   place,    brigade,   regiment,    detached   battalion,    or   other 
detached  command.     (Par.  21,  p.  12.) 

The  words  "other  place "  apply  to  an  armory.  When  an  entire 
regiment  is  stationed  in  the  same  city  or  town,  special  courts  should 
not,  as  a  rule,  be  convened  by  authority  inferior  to  the  regimental 
commander.  A  battalion  or  other  organization  is  to  be  regarded  as 
" detached"  only  when  its  station  or  armory  is  separate  from  that  in 
which  the  regimental  headquarters  is  located. 

578.  A  summary  court  in  the  National  Guard  may  be  appointed 
by  the  commanding  officer  of  a  garrison,  fort,  post,  or  other  place, 
regiment  or  corps,  detached  battalion,  company,  or  other  detach- 
ment.    When    a   company   or   detachment   occupies   and   uses    an 
armory  with  other  troops,  the  summary  court  should  be  appointed 
by  the  senior  officer  present,  under  the  authority  covered  by  the 
words  " other  place,"  rather  than  under  the  words  " company"  or 
"other  detachment."      (Par.  25,  p.  13.) 

579.  The  punishments  which  may  be  imposed  by  a  general  court- 
martial  are  the  following: 

(a)   Dismissal,  in  the  case  of  an  officer. 

(6)   Dishonorable  discharge,  in  the  case  of  an  enlisted  man. 

(c)  Reduction  to  the  ranks,  in  the  case  of  a  noncommissioned 
officer. 

(d)  Forfeiture  of  pay  and  allowances. 

(e)  Fine,  not  exceeding  $200,  or  confinement  in  lieu  thereof,  at  a 
rate  not  exceeding  one  day  for  each  dollar. 

(f)  Reprimand.     (Par.  40,  p.  21.) 

580.  The  punishments  which  may  be  imposed  by  a  special  court- 
martial  are  the  same  as  those  stated  in  the  remarks  in  paragraph  579, 
except  that— 

(a)  As  an  officer  may  not  be  tried  by  special  court,  dismissal  can 
not  be  imposed  by  it. 

(6)   Fines  imposed  by  it  may  not  exceed  $100.     (Par.  42,  p.  22.) 

581.  The  punishments  which  may  be  imposed  by  a  summary 
court  are  the  following: 

(a)  Reduction  to  the  ranks  in  the  case  of  a  noncommissioned 
officer. 

(b)  Forfeiture  of  pay  and  allowances. 

(c)  Fine,  not  exceeding  $25,  or  confinement  in  lieu  thereof.     (Par. 
44,  p.  23.) 

582.  All  courts-martial  of  the  National  Guard  shall  have  power  to 
sentence  to  confinement  in  lieu  of  fines  authorized  to  be  imposed,  at 
the  rate  of  one  day  for  each  dollar  of  fine  authorized.     (Sec.  106, 
act  of  June  3,  1916.)     When  sentences  of  confinement  can  be  made 
effective,  such  punishment  may  be  inflicted  by  confinement  in  an 
armory  rather  than  in  a  jail  or  penitentiary. 


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583.  When  an  organization  is  at  its  armory  station,  the  arrest 
before  trial  should  ordinarily  cover  the  tune  an  officer  or  enlisted 
man  should  be  present  with  his  organization.     It  should  not  extend 
outside  of  his  military  status  and  duties.     An  unauthorized  absence 
would  thus  include  a  breach  of  arrest. 

When  an  organization  is  in  camp  or  otherwise  away  from  its 
station  and  armory  for  training  or  service,  the  ordinary  procedure 
pertaining  to  the  Regular  Army  should  be  followed.  (Par.  46,  p.  25.) 

584.  That  copy  of  the  record  of  trial  by  summary  court  which  in 
the  Regular  Army  is  sent  to  the  "officer  exercising  general  court- 
martial  jurisdiction,"  is  in  the  National  Guard  sent  to  the  adjutant 
general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  concerned.     (Par.  79  (a), 
p.  42.) 

585.  The  top  fold  of  the  original  copy  of  the  charges  in  a  case 
tried  by  general  court-martial,  and  the  record  of  trial  of  said  case 
which  in  the  Regular  Army  are  finally  forwarded  to  the  Judge  Advo- 
cate General  of  the  Army,  are,  in  the  National  Guard,  sent  to  the 
adjutant  general  of  the  State,   Territory,   or   District    concerned. 
(Par.  79  (6),  p.  42.) 

586.  The  judge  advocate  of  a  general  or  special  court-martial  in 
the  National  Guard  shall  prosecute  in  the  name  of  the  United  States 
and  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,  concerned. 
(Par.  95,  p.  48.) 

587.  The  compensation  of  a  reporter  for  a  National  Guard  court- 
martial  is  dependent  upon  the  law  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District 
of  Columbia  concerned.     (Par.  13,  p.  53.) 

588.  The  judge  advocate  of  a  general  or  special  court-martial  in 
the  National  Guard  shall  administer  to  the  members  the  following 
oath  or  affirmation: 

"You,  A.  B.,  do  swear  (or  affirm)  that  you  will  well  and  truly 
try  and  determine,  according  to  the  evidence,  the  matter  now  before 

you,  between  the  United  States  of  America  and  the  State  of 

and  the  person  to  be  tried,  and  that  you  will  duly  administer  justice, 
without  partiality,  favor,  or  affection,  according  to  the  provisions  of 
the  rules  and  articles  for  the  government  of  the  National  Guard  of 
the  United  States  and  of  the  State  of  -  — ,  and  if  any  doubt 
should  arise,  not  explained  by  said  articles,  then  according  to  your 
conscience,  the  best  of  your  understanding  and  the  custom  of  war  in 
like  cases;  and  you  do  further  swear  (or  affirm)  that  you  will  noc 
divulge  the  finding  or  sentence  of  the  court  until  they  shall  be  pub- 
lished by  the  proper  authority,  except  to  the  judge  advocate  and 
assistant  judge  advocate;  neither  will  you  disclose  or  discover  the 
vote  or  opinion  of  any  particular  member  of  the  court-martial, 


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unless  required  to  give  evidence  thereof  as  a  witness  by  a  court  of 
justice  in  due  course  of  law.     So  help  you  God."     (Par.  132,  p.  61.) 

589.  Paragraph    138,  Manual   of  Courts-Martial,  1917,   does   not 
confer  power  on  the  persons  therein  named  to  administer  oaths  in 
National  Guard  administration.     A  summary  court  officer  is  author- 
ized by  section  105,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  to  administer  oaths  for 
administrative  purposes;  as  to  others  having  that  power  the  law  of 
the  State  must  be  consulted.     (Par.  138,  p.  63.) 

590.  In  the  National  Guard  it  is  not  the  judge  advocate  but  the 
president  of  a  court-martial  or  the  summary  court  who  has  power  to 
issue  process  to  compel  the  attendance  of  witnesses.     All  subpoenas 
should  therefore  be  signed  by  him.    In  these  matters  he  possesses  (sec. 
108)  the  same  power  as  is  " provided  in  actions  before  civil  courts;" 
to  ascertain  the  territory  within  which  process  will  run  the  local  law 
must,  therefore,  be  consulted.     (Par.  159,  p.  78.) 

591.  When  a  subpoena  can  not  conveniently  be  served  by  an  officer 
or  enlisted  man  of  the  National  Guard,  the  proper  civil  authorities 
should  be  requested  to  effect  service.     For  this  purpose  the  president 
of  the  court  or  the  summary  court  should  make  formal  application  to 
the  official  designated  by  the  law  of  the  State  to  execute  the  processes 
of  courts-martial.     In  a  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  hi 
a  State  whose  law  makes  no  provision  for  such  action  by  any  civil 
officer,  then  the  request  should  be  addressed  to  the  United  States 
marshal  of  the  district  in  which  the  court  is  convened.     A  United 
States  marshal  is  not  empowered  to  execute  such  process  if  the 
State  law  makes  provision  for  it.     (Par.  164,  p.  79.) 

592.  When  a  warrant  of  attachment  is  issued  for  the  arrest  of  a 
civilian  who  willfully  neglects  or  refuses,   after  having  been  duly 
subpoenaed,  to  appear  as  a  witness  before  a  National  Guard  court- 
martial,  a  request  for  its  execution  should  be  addressed  to  the  civil 
authorities,  as  provided  for  service  of  subpoenas.     (Par.  168,  p.  80.) 

593.  Although  there  is  no  power  in  a  court-martial  of  the  Army  to 
punish  a  witness  for  not  testifying,  this  is  not  the  case  with  a  court- 
martial  of  the  National  Guard.     By  section   108,  its  president  is 
authorized  "  to  sentence  for  a  refusal  to  be  sworn  or  to  answer  as  pro- 
vided in  actions  before  civil  courts."     For  the  extent  of  this  power 
in  any  particular  instance  consult  the  local  law.     (Par.  170,  p.  82.) 

594.  Where  the  deposition  of  a  person  residing  within  the  State  is 
desired,  and  it  is  impracticable  to  have  it  taken  by  a  military  officer, 
the  president  of  the  court  should  refer  it  to  some  civil  official,  for 
example,  a  notary  public,  competent  to  administer  oaths,  and  residing 
near  the  place  where  the  desired  witness  is  at  the  time.     If  the 
president  does  not  know  of  any  such  person,  the  papers  should  be 

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162  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

forwarded  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  who  will  see  that  they 
are  referred  to  a  proper  person. 

If  the  witness  resides  beyond  the  limits  of  the  State,  the  papers 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State  in  which  the 
court  is  convened.  The. State  authorities  will  transmit  them  to  those 
of  the  State  where  the  witness  resides,  and  the  deposition  will  be 
secured  as  provided  in  similar  cases  for  civil  courts.  (Par.  177,  p.  85.) 

595.  The  United  States  Government  does  not  provide  for  the  pay- 
ment of  expenses  of  courts-martial  of  the  National  Guard  not  in  the 
service  of  the  United  States.     As  to  the  fees,  mileage,  and  expenses  of 
witnesses,  the  payment  of  reporters  and  experts  and  all  other  ex- 
penses, the  laws  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  concerned  must 
be  consulted.     (Pars.  183-193,  pp.  88-90.) 

596.  Courts-martial    in    the    National    Guard    may    not   impose 
punishments  other  than  those  specifically  mentioned  in  paragraphs 
579,  580,  and  581;  they  have  no  general  punishing  power.     (Pars. 
310-328,  pp.  146-149.) 

597.  The  record  of  the  proceedings  of  a  National  Guard  court- 
martial  appointed  by  the  President  will  be  sent  by  the  trial  judge 
advocate  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau.     (Par.  366,  p.  179.) 

598.  The  records   of  proceedings   of  general  and  special  courts- 
martial  appointed  by  other  authority  than  the  President  will  not 
be  forwarded  to  the  War  Department,  but  two  copies  of  the  order 
promulgating  the  action  in  the  case  will  be  sent  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Militia  Bureau.     Records  of  trials  by  summary  court  will  be  filed  in 
the  office  of  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State  and  no  order  will  be 
issued.     (Par.  367,  p.  179.) 

599.  Approval  or  confirmation  by  the  governor,  or  in  the  District 
of  Columbia  by   the  commanding  general,   is   necessary  before   a 
sentence  of  dismissal  or  dishonorable  discharge  is  executed.     (Par. 
378,  p.  185.) 

600.  It  should  be  borne  in  mind  that  absence  from  drill,  camp, 
etc.,  of  itself  debars  the  absentee  from  Federal  pay  for  the  period, 
without  the  sentence  of  a  court-martial.     This  is  not  a  punishment, 
but  merely  the  withholding  of  money  that  has  not  been  earned, 
which  necessarily  takes  place  whether  the  absence  is  with  or  without 
fault  on  the  part  of  the  soldier.     If  the  absence  is  willful  and  unjusti- 
fiable the  offender  should  be  tried  and  fined  for  the  sake  of  the 
deterrent  effect  upon  himself  and  others. 

601.  The  charging  cost  of  articles  lost  is  no  part  of  a  court-martial 
sentence,  but  is  an  administrative  act,  and  has  nothing  to  do  with 
whether  the  man  is  tried  or  not. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  163 

602.  If  a  monetary  penalty  is  imposed  as  a,  fine,  it  will  be  collected 
by  the  civil  official  authorized  by  law  to  do  so  in  the  State;  if  imposed 
as  &  forfeiture,  it  will  be  withheld  by  the  officer  or  agent  of  the  Quarter- 
master Corps  from  the  amount  otherwise  due  as  Federal  pay. 

603.  Upon  conviction  of  any  offense  or  offenses  for  which  a  fine 
amounting   to   $10  may  be   adjudged,   a  noncommissioned   officer 
may  also  be  sentenced  to  reduction.     Dishonorable  discharge,  with 
forfeiture  of  all  pay  and  allowances  due  and  to  become  due,  may  be 
adjudged  in  addition  to  the  punishment  stated  in  the  table  in  para- 
graph 605,  whenever  five  or  more  previous  convictions  are  shown, 
or  whenever  a  soldier  is  convicted,  on  one  arraignment,  of  two  or 
more  offenses,  the  aggregate  punishment  for  which  is  a  fine  exceed- 
ing $50. 

604.  In  order  to  secure  some  degree  of  uniformity  in  punishment 
for  particular  offenses  imposed  by  courts-martial  of  the  National 
Guard  in  different  States,  the  following  table  is  presented,  giving  the 
maximum  punishment  recommended  for  certain  offenses. 

The  maximum  named  for  any  particular  offense  should  be  imposed 
only  in  aggravated  cases,  or  in  those  where  the  record  of  previous 
convictions  shows  the  accused  to  be  an  old  offender;  in  ordinary 
cases  a  lighter  punishment  than  that  named  should  be  inflicted,  the 
court  taking  into  consideration  all  attendant  circumstances  and  also 
the  previous  record  of  the  accused. 

It  should  be  clearly  understood  that  this  schedule  merely  repre- 
sents the  opinion  of  the  Militia  Bureau  and  those  officers  of  the 
National  Guard  whom  there  was  opportunity  to  consult.  With 
experience  other  and  better  schedules  will  be  recommended  until 
finally  a  uniform  standard  may  be  attained. 

In  the  meanwhile  it  should  be  held  in  mind  that  the  schedule  K 
not  a  binding  one. 


164 

605. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 


Offense. 


Fine,  forfeiture,  or  other  punishment. 


Under  the  fifty-fourth  article  of  war: 
Fraudulent  enlistment 


Under  the  fifty-eighth  article  of  war: 

Desertion,  when  on  riot  duty  or  similar  duty,  or  under  call 
for  same. 


Desertion  at  any  other  time. 


Under  the  fifty-ninth  article  of  war: 
Advising  or  assisting  desertion.. 


Under  the  sixty-first  article  of  war: 

Absence  without  leave,  when  in  camp,  or  on  riot  duty,  etc., 
or  failure  to  attend  encampment,  maneuvers,  or  outdoor 
target  practice. 

Failure  to  repair  to  the  place  appointed  for  assembly  for  roll 

call,  drill,  etc.,  in  camp. 
Failure  to  attend  armory  drill  or  instruction,  or  indoor  target 

practice. 
Under  the  sixty-third  article  of  war: 

Behaving  with  disrespect  toward  superior  officer 

Under  the  sixty-fifth  article  of  war: 

Insubordinate  conduct  toward  noncommissioned  officer 

Under  the  eighty-third  article  of  war: 

Losing,  spoiling,  damaging,  or  wrongfully  disposing  of  mili- 
tary property. 

Under  the  eighty-fourth  article  of  war: 

Injuring,  losing,  selling,  or  wrongfully  disposing  of  property 
issued. 

Under  the  eighty-fifth  article  of  war: 

Drunk  on  guard 

Drunk  at  drill,  inspection,  or  other  duty 

Under  the  eighty-sixth  article  of  war: 

Sentinel  drunk  orsleeping  on  post,  or  quitting  post 

Under  the  eighty-ninth  article  of  war: 

Committing  depredation  on  private  property 


Under  the  ninety-fourth  article  of  war: 

Forging  or  counterfeiting  a  signature,  making  a  false  oath, 
and  related  offenses. 

Under  the  ninety-sixth  article  of  war: 

Assault 

Assault  and  battery 

Breach  of  arrest 

Disrespect  to  sentinel 

Drunkenness 

False  official  statement  or  report  knowingly  made  to  superior 

by- 
Noncommissioned  officer 

Any  other  enlisted  man , 

Gambling,  in  armory  or  camp 

Indecent  exposure,  or  committing  nuisance 

Introducing  intoxicating  liquor  into   armory,   camp,   or 

quarters— 

For  personal  consumption 

For  another 

Larceny,  or  embezzlement 


Perjury  or  false  swearing. 


Dishonorable  discharge,  forfeiture  of 
all  pay  and  allowances  due  or  to  be- 
come due,  and  $50. 

Dishonorable  discharge,  forfeiture  of 
all  pay  and  allowances  due  or  to  be- 
come due,  and  $200. 

Dishonorable  discharge,  forfeiture  of 
all  pay  and  allowances  due  or  to  be- 
come due,  and  $100. 

Dishonorable  discharge,  forfeiture  of 
all  pay  and  allowances  due  or  to  be- 
come due,  and  $100. 

For  every  day  or  fraction  of  a  day  of 
absence,  $4  for  noncommissioned 
officers,  and  $3  for  any  other  enlisted 
man. 

$4  for  noncommissioned  officers,  and 
$3  for  any  other  enlisted  man. 

$4  for  noncommissioned  officers,  and 
$3  for  any  other  enlisted  man. 

$50. 
$50. 

Dishonorable  discharge,  forfeiture  of 
all  pay  and  allowances  due  or  to 
become  due,  and  $60. 

Dishonorable  discharge,  forfeiture  of 
all  pay  and  allowances  due  or  to 
become  due,  and  $60. 

$100. 
$25. 

$100. 

Dishonorable  discharge,  forfeiture  of 
all  pay  and  allowances,  and  $100. 

Dishonorable  discharge,  forfeiture  of 
all  pay  and  allowances  due  or  to 
become  due,  and  $200. 

$30. 
S60. 
$30. 
$50. 
$5. 


$50. 

S30. 
S10. 
S25. 


810. 
S25. 

Dishonorable  discharge,  forfeiture  of 

all  pay  and  allowances  due  or  to 

become  due,  and  $200. 
Dishonorable  discharge,  forfeiture  of 

all  pay  and  allowances  due  or  to 

become  due.  and  $200. 


ARTICLE  XIV. 

TARGET  RANGES. 

A.  ACQUISITION. 

606.  At  least  25  per  cent  of  the  apportionment  to  the  several 
States  and  Territories  and  the  District  of  Columbia  under  section  67 
of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  must  be  used  for  rifle  practice  and  target 
ranges,  including  the  acquisition,   construction,  maintenance,   and 
equipment  of  shooting  galleries  and  target  ranges.     (See  par.  640.) 

607.  The  initiative  in   acquiring  property  for  shooting  galleries 
and  target  ranges  rests  with  the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory  or 
the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  and  all 
purchases  of  such  property  are  made  upon  their  recommendation, 
approved  by  the  Secretarj"  of  War. 

608.  When  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  desires 
to  purchase  land  and  other  property  for  target  ranges  under  the 
provisions  of  section  67,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  the  tract  of  land  or 
other  property  so  selected  shall  be  inspected  by  an  officer  of  the 
Regular  Army  under  the  direction  of  the  department  commander. 
This  inspection  shall  determine,  so  far  as  practicable,  the  following 
specific  points  in  respect  to  the  land  to  be  purchased: 

(a)  Suitability  of  the  land  for  target-range  purposes  in  respect  to 
extent,  freedom  from  irregularities  of  level  and  drainage  and  protec- 
tion of  the  surrounding  locality  against  bullets  from  the  range. 

(Z>)  Liability  of  local  injunctions  against  the  use  of  the  range. 

(c)  Suitability  of  the  land  for  range  and  camp  purposes  in  respect 
to  sanitation,  water  supply,  bathing  facilities,  camping  sites,  and 
training  purposes. 

(d)  Railroads,  roads,  and  other  transportation  facilities. 

(e)  Comparison  of  price  with  reference  to  the  cost  of  surrounding 
land  of  the  same  character. 

The  result  of  this  inspection  shall  determine  whether  or  not  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  will  authorize  the  purchase  of  the  land  in  question.  A 
report  of  the  inspection  made  will  be  forwarded  through  the  depart- 
ment commander  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  for  the  consid- 
eration of  the  Secretary  of  War.  Title  of  such  property  must  be 
conveyed  to  the  United  States,  but  before  payment  therefor  can  be 
made  the  title  must  be  approved  by  the  Attorney  General  of  the 
United  States,  as  required  by  section  355,  Revised  Statutes,  and  the 

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166  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

deeds  and  abstracts  of  title,  certificates  as  to  taxes,  etc.,  necessary 
for  the  purpose  of  proving  the  title  must  be  transmitted  to  the  Chief 
of  the  Militia  Bureau  for  reference  to  the  Attorney  General.  After 
the  title  has  been  approved  the  deed,  abstract,  and  other  papers 
connected  with  the  transaction  will  be  returned  to  the  State  authori- 
ties for  the  consummation  of  the  purchase.  Before  payment  for  the 
property  is  made  the  deed  should  be  recorded  and  the  abstract 
recertified  down  to  a  date  overlapping  the  date  of  recording,  showing 
that  all  taxes,  assessments,  and  liens  upon  the  land  have  been  dis- 
charged, and  that  no  subsequent  conveyances  or  mortgages  have 
been  executed  and  delivered  by  the  grantors  to  any  person.  When 
the  purchase  has  been  consummated  and  the  sale  properly  recorded 
all  papers  should  be  forwarded  to  the  Militia  Bureau  for  file  in  the 
office  of  the  Judge  Advocate  General  of  the  Army.  Vouchers  cov- 
ering payments  for  such  property  must  be  made  in  the  proper  manner 
and  on  the  proper  form  (Form  No.  330,  W.  D.)  and  in  accordance 
with  printed  instructions  thereon. 

609.  If  a  rifle  range  be  acquired  by  the  use  of  State,  Territorial,  or 
District  funds,  reimbursement  to  the  amount  of  the  purchase  money 
may,  if  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  be  made  from  Federal 
funds  accruing  to  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
under  section  67  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  by  transferring  title  in 
the  land  to  the  United  States,  the  title  being  subject  to  the  approval 
of  the  Attorney  General  of  the  United  States  under  section  355, 
Revised  Statutes,  as  indicated  in  paragraph  608  of  these  regulations. 

610.  Shooting  galleries  and  ranges  of  the  Regular  Army  shall,  so 
far  as  practicable,  be  open  to  the  National  Guard  and  organized  rifle 
clubs  under  regulations  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

611.  Indoor  and  outdoor  rifle  ranges  established  and  maintained 
under  the  provisions  of  section  113,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  shall  be  open 
for  use  of  those  in  any  branch  of  the  military  or  naval  service  of  the 
United  States  and  by  all  able-bodied  males  capable  of  bearing  arms, 
under  regulations  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

612.  The  title  to  property  acquired  by  the  States  and  Territories 
or  the  District  of  Columbia  for  shooting  galleries  or  target  ranges, 
under  the  authority  contained  in  section  67,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  vests 
in  the  United  States;  and  the  relation  of  the  States,  Territories,  or 
District  of  Columbia  to  such  properties  is  that  of  a  trustee  with  the 
use  and  charged  with  the  administration  of  them  for  the  purpose  for 
which  they  were  acquired. 

613.  The  actual  travel  and  subsistence  expenses  of  an  officer  of  the 
National  Guard  properly  detailed,  while  engaged  hi  the  work  of 
acquiring  and  developing  shooting  galleries  and  target  ranges,  are 
properly  payable  from  that  portion  of  the  apportionment  set  aside 
for  "Rifle  practice  and  target  ranges, v  provided  sufficient  funds 


NATIONAL,  GTJAKD  REGULATIONS.  167 

remain  to  the  credit  of  the  State;  otherwise  from  funds  other  than 
Federal. 

614.  An  officer  of  the  National  Guard  while  engaged  in  acquiring 
and  developing  galleries  and  ranges  is  not  entitled  to  receive  the  pay 
of  his  rank  from  Federal  funds. 

615.  The  expenses  of  procuring  or  preparing  abstracts  and  title 
papers  to  lands  to  be  purchased  for  target  ranges  and  shooting  gal- 
leries, the  cost  of  necessary  surveys,  and  any  other  legitimate  expenses 
entailed  in  securing  the  consent  of  owners  to  sell,  are  proper  charges 
against  that  portion  of  the  apportionment  set  aside  for  "  Rifle  prac- 
tice and  target  ranges, "  provided  the  purchase  of  the  land  involved 
is  accomplished. 

616.  In  case  any  buildings  pertain  to  ground  leased  as  a  target 
range,  and  these  buildings  are  to  be  used  in  connection  with  the  use 
of  such  ground  for  range  purposes,  the  rental  of  such  buildings  must 
in  every  case  be  covered  by  the  lease. 

617.  Payment  of  rent  in  advance,  either  by  the  month,  quarter,  or 
year,  is  prohibited  and  will  not  be  allowed  by  the  accounting  officers 
of  the  United  States  Treasury  Department.     (Comp.  Dec.  May  23, 
1917,  vol.  23,  p.  653.) 

618.  The  lease  for  a  target  range  will  be  approved  by  the  governor 
of  the  State  or  Territory  or  the  commanding  general,  District  of 
Columbia  Militia,  and  forwarded  to  the  chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  for 
consideration  as  to  its  correctness  and  sufficiency.     The  lease  will 
be  executed  in  quadruplicate,  one  copy  for  the  lessor,  one  for  the 
property  and  disbursing  officer,  one  for  the  Militia  Bureau,  and  one 
for  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department. 

619.  The  expenses  of  renting  target  ranges  for  the  use  of  the 
National  Guard  at  State  encampments  are  properly  payable  from 
that  portion  of  the  apportionment  set  aside  for  "  Rifle  practice  and 
target  ranges." 

620.  When  any  land  which  has  been  acquired  by  purchase  for  a 
target  range  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard  of  any  State,  Terri- 
tory, or  the  District  of  Columbia  shall  become  useless  or  is  found  un- 
available for  such  purpose,  the  Secretary  of  War  may  cause  the 
same  to  be  sold  either  as  a  whole  or  in  two  or  more  parts,  as  he  may 
deem  best  for  the  interests  of  the  United  States.     In  disposing  of 
such  property  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  cause  the  same  to  be  ap- 
praised, either  as  a  whole  or  in  two  or  more  tracts,  having  due  refer- 
ence to   the  requirements  of  any  permanent  improvements  made 
thereon;  and  he  shall  cause  the  property  to  be  offered  at  public  or 
private  sale  for  not  less  than  the  appraised  value;  the  expenses  of 
advertising,  appraisement,  survey,  and  sale  shall  be  paid  from  the 
proceeds  of  the  sale;    and  the  net  proceeds  thereof  shall  be  placed 
to  the  credit  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  as  addi- 


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tional  to  its  allotment  under  section  67  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916, 
apportionment  for  "Rifle  practice  and  target  ranges."  (Act  of  Con- 
gress approved  May  12,  1917).  For  disposition  of  funds  received 
from  above  source  see  paragraph  785. 

B.  MAINTENANCE. 

621.  The  construction  of  any  buildings  which  are  essential  for 
storage  purposes  for  target  materials  is  a  proper  charge  against  that 
portion  of  the  apportionment  set  aside  for  l  i  Rifle  practice  and  target 
ranges. "     The  erection  of  barracks  for  the  accommodation  of  the 
tioops  or  of  buildings  to  be  used  conjointly  as  shooting  galleries  and 
armories,  or  the  rental  of  armories,  is  not  a  proper  charge  against 
this   apportionment.     The   necessity   of   using   telephones   on   rifle 
ranges,  if  any,  must  be  clearly  set  forth  and  have  the  approval  of  the 
governor  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  commanding  general  of  the 
District  of  Columbia  Militia,  together  with  his  certificate  that  the 
expense  was  for  use  of  such  telephones  by  the  National  Guard  and 
essential  for  the  promotion  of  rule  practice.     The  same  requirements 
govern  an  expense  in  connection  with  repairing  such  telephones. 

622.  Caretakers,  markers,  telephone  men,  and  such  other  civilian 
labor  as  may  be  absolutely  necessary  to  maintain  a  range  in  proper 
condition  for  target  practice  may  be  employed  on  all  ranges  owned 
or  leased  by  the  United  States  or  a  State  and  may  be  paid  from  that 
portion  of  the  apportionment  set  aside  for  "Rifle  practice  and  target 
ranges. "     The  pay  of  caretakers  is  limited  to  the  range-practice 
season.     The  employment  of  caretakers,  markers,  telephone  men, 
and  civilian  laborers  is  subject  to  the  folio  whig  conditions: 

(a)  Where  the  necessity  therefor  is  shown  and  after  authority 
therefor  is  obtained  from  the  Secretary  of  War,  a  civilian  caretaker 
may  be  employed  on  a  rifle  range  owned  or  leased  by  the  United 
States  or  a  State,  at  a  rate  of  pay  not  to  exceed  $60  per  month, 
during  the  range  practice  season.     On  rifle  ranges  having  thirty  or 
more  targets  installed,  which  a  State  desires  to  maintain  open  at  all 
times  during  the  range  practice  season,  for  the  use  of  such  organiza- 
tions or  individuals  as  may  attend  and  practice  thereon,  there  will 
be  authorized,  after  application  to  the  Secretary  of  War  in  each 
specific  case,  one  civilian  caretaker  at  a  rate  of  pay  not  to  exceed 
$100  per  month  during  the  range-practice  season. 

(b)  Such  civilian  markers,  telephone  men,  and  laborers  on  rifle 
ranges  as  are  certified  to  be  absolutely  necessary  and  authorized  in 
each  specific  case  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  may  be  employed  as  pro- 
vided for  in  paragraph  533. 

(c)  Payments  for  transportation  or  subsistence  are  not  authorized 
to  civilians. 


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623.  The  rental  stipulated  for  in  the  lease  covers  the  use  of  the 
property  and  all  damages  thereto  which  can  be  clearly  foreseen  as 
incident  to  its  uses  for  the  purposes  for  which  leased,  and  the  provi- 
sion in  the  lease  for  the  ascertainment  and  payment  of  damages  has 
reference  only  to  casual  and  unforeseen  damages  such  as  are  not 
ordinarily  incident  to  the  contemplated  use. 

624.  The  expenses  necessary  to  adapt  premises  rented  at  State 
encampments  for  use  as  target  ranges  are  properly  payable  from 
that  portion  of  the  apportionment  set  aside  for  "Rifle  practice  and 
target  ranges." 

625.  There  is  no  authority  of  law  under  which  purchase  of  animals 
for  work  on  a  target  range  may  be  made  from  funds  accruing  under 
section  67,  act  of  June  3,  1916. 

626.  There  is  no  authority  of  law  under  which  the  insurance  for 
public  buildings  can  be  met  from  Federal  funds,  and  the  buildings 
that  may  be  on  land  acquired  for  a  rifle  range  can  not  be  insured  as 
a  charge  against  an  apportionment  made  under  section  67,  act  of 
June  3,  1916. 

627.  Field  Artillery  target  ranges  will  be  leased  or  acquired  solely 
by  the  Militia  Bureau  and  will  be  maintained  under  such  instructions 
as  may  be  issued  by  the  War  Department.     The  Field  Artillery  tar- 
get ranges  at  Sparta,  Wis.,  Tobyhanna,  Pa.,  and  such  other  ranges  as 
may  be  rented  or  acquired  for  Field  Artillery  target  practice  will  not 
be  utilized  by  other  troops  in  a  way  to  interfere  with  the  target 
practice  of  National  Guard  batteries. 

628.  Crops  on  Federal  rifle  ranges  belong  to  the  Federal  Govern- 
ment, and  any  proceeds  from  their  sale  must  be  deposited  in  the 
Treasury  of  the  United  States  to  the  credit  of  the  appropriation 
"Miscellaneous  receipts  on  account  of  proceeds  of  sale  of  Government 
property." 


ARTICLE  XV. 

FEDERAL  FUNDS. 
APPROPRIATIONS. 

629.  The  appropriations  provided  for  by  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  June  3,  1916,  the  amounts  thereof  depending  upon  the 
annual  Army  appropriation  act,  are  as  follows : 

Under  section  67: 

(a)  To  provide  arms,  ordnance  stores,  quartermaster  stores,  camp 
equipage,  and  all  other  military  supplies  for  issue  to  the  National 
Guard. 

(&)  For  payment  of  the  actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  by 
officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  when  traveling  on 
duty  in  connection  with  the  National  Guard. 

(c)  For  transportation  of  supplies  issued  from  the  supplying  depots 
to  the  National  Guard  for  the  permanent  equipment  thereof,  or  final 
return  of  such  supplies  to  such  depots. 

(d)  For  office  rent  and  necessary  office  expenses  of  officers  of  the 
Regular  Army  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard. 

(e)  For  expenses  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  on  duty 
with  the  National  Guard,  including  quarters,  fuel,  light,  medicines, 
and  medical  attendance. 

(f)  For  promotion  of  rifle  practice,  including  the  acquisition,  con- 
struction,  maintenance,   and  equipment  of  shooting  galleries   and 
suitable  target  ranges. 

($r)  For  hiring  horses  and  draft  animals  for  the  use  of  mounted 
troops,  batteries,  and  wagons,  and  for  forage  for  the  same. 

(7i)  For  such  other  incidental  expenses  in  connection  with  lawfully 
authorized  encampments,  maneuvers,  and  field  instruction  as  the 
Secretary  of  War  may  deem  necessary. 

(i)  For  such  other  expenses  pertaining  to  the  National  Guard  as 
are  now  or  may  hereafter  be  authorized  by  law. 

(?)  For  the  payment  of  salaries  of  the  property  and  disbursing 
officers  for  the  United  States  in  each  State,  Territory,  and  the  District 
of  Columbia. 

(k)  For  reimbursement  of  the  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses 
of  the  property  and  disbursing  officers  for  the  United  States  in  each 
State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  when  traveling  in  the 
performance  of  their  official  duties  under  orders  issued  by  the  proper 
authorities. 

(I)  For  pay  and  transportation  of  officers,  and  pay,  transportation, 
and  subsistence  of  enlisted  men  participating  in  encampments, 
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maneuvers,  or  other  exercises,  including  outdoor  target  practice,  for 
field  or  coast  defense  instruction. 

(m)  For  pay  and  allowances  of  selected  officers,  and  pay,  allow- 
ances, and  subsistence  of  selected  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard 
while  in  attendance  at  and  pursuing  a  regular  course  of  study  at  any 
military  service  school  of  the  United  States,  except  the  United  States 
Military  Academy,  or  while  attached  to  an  organization  of  the  same 
arm,  corps,  or  department  to  which  such  officer  or  enlisted  man 
belongs,  for  routine  practical  instruction  at  or  near  an  Army  post 
during  a  period  of  field  training  or  other  outdoor  exercises. 

(n)  For  the  pay  and  allowances  of  the  officers  of  the  National 
Guard  assigned  to  duty  in  the  Militia  Bureau. 

630.  Under  section  83 : 

(a)  For  the  purchase  or  manufacture  and  issue  to  the  National 
Guard,  upon  requisition  of  the  governors  of  the  several  States  and 
Territories  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia 
Militia,  such  number  of  service  arms,  with  all  accessories,  Field  Artil- 
lery materiel,  Engineer,  Coast  Artillery,  Signal,  and  sanitary  mate*- 
riel,  accouterments,  field  uniforms,  clothing,  equipage,  publications, 
and  military  stores  of  all  kinds,  including  public  animals,  as  are  nec- 
essary to  arm,  uniform,  and  equip  for  field  service  the  National  Guard 
of  the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia. 

631.  Under  section  89: 

(a)  For  the  purchase,  under  such  regulations  as  the  Secretary  of 
War  may  prescribe,  of  animals  conforming  to  the  Regular  Army 
standard  for  the  use  of  Field  Artillery,  Cavalry,  Signal  companies, 
Engineer  companies,  ambulance  companies,  and  other  mounted  units 
of  the  National  Guard. 

632.  Under  section  90: 

(a)  For  the  purchase  and  issue  of  forage,  bedding,  shoeing,  and 
veterinary  services  and  supplies  for  the  Government  animals  issued 
to  organizations  of  the  National  Guard. 

(6)  For  the  compensation  of  competent  help  for  the  care  of  the 
material,  animals,  and  equipment  issued  to  mounted  organizations 
of  the  National  Guard. 

633.  Under  section  109: 

For  the  compensation  for  the  services  of  certain  commissioned 
officers  on  the  active  list  belonging  to  organizations  of  the  National 
Guard  of  each  State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  except 
during  periods  of  service  for  which  they  may  become  lawfully  entitled 
to  the  same  pay  as  officers  of  the  corresponding  grades  of  the  Regular 
Army. 

634.  Under  section  110: 

For  the  compensation  for  the  services  for  enlisted  men  on  the  active 
list  belonging  to  organizations  of  the  National  Guard  participating  in 


172  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

the  apportionment  of  the  annual  appropriation  for  the  support  of  the 
National  Guard  except  during  periods  of  service  for  which  they  may 
become  lawfully  entitled  to  the  same  pay  as  enlisted  men  of  corre- 
sponding grades  in  the  Regular  Army. 

635.  The  expenses  provided  for  under  (&),  (c),  (d),  (e),  (?),  (Z),  (m), 
and  (ri),  section  67,  enumerated  in  paragraph  629,  constitute  a  charge 
against  the  whole  sum  annually  appropriated  under  that  section  and 
not  against  the  apportionment  made  to  any  particular  State,  Terri- 
tory, or  the  District  of  Columbia  provided  for  therein.     The  expenses 
provided  for  under  (a),  (/),  (g),  ft),  (i),  and  (Ic)  do,  however,  consti- 
tute a  charge  against  such  apportionment.     The  annual  apportion- 
ment of  this  appropriation  will  be  made  as  prescribed  in  paragraph 
639. 

636.  The  appropriation  provided  for  under  section  83,  enumerated 
in  paragraph  630,  will  be  apportioned  annually  to  each  State,  Terri- 
tory, and  the  District  of  Columbia  as  prescribed  hi  paragraph  641. 

637.  The  funds  provided  for  under  sections  89  and  90,  referred  to 
in  paragraphs  631  and  632,  are  not  subject  to  apportionment,  but  will 
be  carried  on  the  books  of  the  Militia  Bureau  and  applied  to  cover 
requisitions  for  animals,  forage,  bedding,  and  for  the  compensation  of 
authorized  help,  etc.,  submitted  from  time  to  time  by  the  several 
States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia. 

638.  The  funds  provided  for  in  sections  109  and  110  are  not  subject 
to  apportionment,  but  will  be  carried  on  the  books  of  the  Militia 
Bureau  and  allotted  to  the  Director  of  Finance,  General  Staff,  as 
required,  subject  to  disbursement  as  provided  by  law. 

APPORTIONMENTS. 

639.  So  much  of  the   appropriation  made   available   under   the 
provisions  of  section  67  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  for  apportionment 
will  be  apportioned  on  July  1  of  each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as 
practicable,  to  each  State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
hi  direct  ratio  to  the  number  of  enlisted  men  who  on  the  June  30th 
preceding  were  in  active  service  in  the  National  Guard  of  the  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  on  that  date.     Before  the 
apportionment  is  made  from  the  appropriation  made  available  under 
the  sub  appropriation  "General  expenses,  equipment  and  instruction, 
National  Guard"  an  amount,  to  be  determined  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  and  to  depend  upon  the  appropriation  made  by  Congress  for 
the  fiscal  year,  will  be  set  aside  for  special  allotment  from  time  to 
time,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  meet  any  excep- 
tional, urgent,  or  unforeseen  needs  that  may  arise. 

640.  With  a  view  to  carrying  out  so  much  of  section  67  of  the 
act  of  June  3,  1916,  as  provides  for  the  use  of  the  apportionment 
made  as   described  in  paragraph   639   for   the  promotion   of    rifle 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  173 

practice,  including  the  acquisition,  construction,  maintenance,  and 
equipment  of  shooting  galleries  and  suitable  target  ranges,  not  less 
than  25  per  cent  of  the  apportionment  to  the  several  States,  Terri- 
tories, and  the  District  of  Columbia  shall  be  used  for  said  purpose. 
This  25  per  cent  is  not  available  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard 
for  any  other  purpose,  except  after  approval  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  in  each  specific  case.  That  portion  of  the  apportionment  for 
the  promotion  of  rifle  practice  constitutes  the  minimum  limit  of 
expenditure  for  the  purpose,  but  it  should  be  expressly  understood 
that  no  maximum  limit  is  fixed,  and  a  transfer  of  the  necessary 
amount  from  that  part  of  the  apportionment  for  "Equipment  and 
incidental  expenses"  to  that  part  of  the  apportionment  for  " Rifle 
practice  and  target  ranges "  will  be  made  on  the  books  of  the  War 
Department  upon  approval  by  the  Secretary  of  War  whenever  the 
necessity  arises.  Transfers  from  the  apportionment  for  "Rifle 
practice  and  target  ranges"  will  be  authorized  only  when  complete 
provision  in  respect  to  local  target  ranges  has  been  made  for  each 
company  or  equivalent  unit,  or  when  it  is  shown  that  the  State  has 
made  every  effort  and  tried  every  reasonable  means  for  acquiring 
by  purchase  or  lease  suitable  target  ranges,  but  without  success. 
In  any  case,  such  transfer  will  not  be  authorized  unless  a  supply  of 
ammunition  sufficient  for  firing  the  prescribed  course  by  all  rifle 
bearers  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  concerned  is  on  hand  or 
has  been  requisitioned  for. 

641.  The  appropriation  made  available  under  the  provisions  of 
section  83  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  will  be  apportioned  to  each 
State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  on  July  1  of  each 
year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  and  will  be  based  on  the 
enlisted  strength  present  at  the  annual  inspections  made  under  the 
provisions  of  section  93  of  that  act  of  Congress  as  reported  by  the 
officers  of  the  Regular  Army  detailed  to  make  such  inspections  and 
upon  factors  as  follows:  (a)  For  Infantry,  Coast  Artillery,  Hospital 
Corps  detachments  (attached  to  organizations),  Quartermaster  Corps, 
Ordnance  Department,  and  all  others  not  hereinafter  enumerated, 
the  number  of  enlisted  men  will  be  multiplied  by  one;  (6)  for  field 
hospitals  and  ambulance  companies  the  number  of  enlisted  men 
will  be  multiplied  by  two;  (c)  for  Field  Artillery,  Cavalry,  Signal 
Corps,  Engineer  Corps,  and  machine-gun  organizations  the  number 
of  enlisted  men  will  be  multiplied  by  three. 

642.  Before  any  apportionment  is  made  from  the  appropriation 
made  available  under  the  provisions  of  section  83  an  amount  to  be 
determined  by  the  Secretary  of  War  and  to  depend  upon  the  appro- 
priation made  by  Congress  for  the  fiscal  year  will  be  set  aside  for 
special  allotment  from  time  to  time,  in  the  discretion  of  the  Secretary 


174  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

of  War,  to  meet  any  exceptional  and  urgent  needs  that  may  arise 
and  for  the  equipment  of  new  organizations. 

643.  Notification  of  the  amounts  apportioned  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  to  the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia, 
under  sections  67  and  83,  will  be  by  circular  issued  by  the  Militia 
Bureau  as  soon  as  practicable  after  July  1  of  each  year. 

PROPERTY  AND  DISBURSING  OFFICER. 

644.  There  will  be  appointed  in  each  State,  Territory,  and  the 
District  of  Columbia  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard,  or  the  Adjutant 
General  thereof,  who  shall  be  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for 
the  United  States  hi  such  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia.    The  governor  of  each  State  and  Territory  and  the  commanding 
general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia  shall  appoint,  designate,  or 
detail,  as  such  officer,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
the  Adjutant  General  or  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  report  by  letter  the 
fact  of  such  appointment,  designation,  or  detail,  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Militia  Bureau,  giving  the  name  and  rank  of  the  officer  concerned. 
Upon  receipt  of  the  letter  designating  the  property  and  disbursing 
officer  the  Adjutant  General  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  will  be  informed  as  to  whether  the  appointment,  desig- 
nation, or  detail  has  been  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War.     If 
approved,    the   officer   designated,    detailed,    or   appointed   will   be 
furnished  a  blank  form  of  bond  to  be  executed  and  notified  as  to  the 
amount  of  the  bond  required. 

645.  Beginning  September  1,  1919,  the  property  and  disbursing 
officer  shall,  after  having  qualified  as  such,  i.  e.,  upon  approval  of 
the  required  bond,  receive  pay  for  his  services  from  funds  appro- 
priated for  the  purpose  under  the  provisions  of  section  67  of  the 
act  of  June  3,  1916,  in  accordance  with  the  number  of  officers  and 
enlisted  men  actually  enrolled  in  the  National  Guard  of  the  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  on  June  30  of  each  year,  as 
follows:  $750  for  less  than  500  officers  and  men  and  not  more  than 
1,500   officers  and  men;  $1,000  for  more  than   1,500   officers  and 
men  and  not  more  than  2,500  officers  and  men;  $1,250  for  more 
than  2,500  officers  and  men  and  not  more  than  3,500  officers  and 
men;  $1,500  for  more  than  3,500  officers  and  men  and  not  more 
than  4,500  officers  and  men;  $1,750  for  more  than  4,500  officers 
and  men  and  not  more   than   5,500   officers   and  men;  $2,000  for 
more  than  5,500  officers  and  men  and  not  more  than  7,500  officers 
and  men;  $2,500  for  more  than  7,500  officers  and  men  and  not 
more   than   9,500    officers   and   men;  $2,750   for   more   than   9,500 
officers  and  men  and  not  more  than  12,500  officers  and  men;  $3,000 
for  more  than  12,500  officers  and  men  and  not  more  than   17,500 


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officers  and  men;  $3,250  for  more  than  17,500  officers  and  men 
and  not  more  than  25,000  officers  and  men;  $3,500  for  more  than 
25,000  officers  and  men. 

646.  A  property  and  disbursing  officer  is  not  authorized  to  hire  the 
services  of  a  clerk  at  Federal  expense.     Assistant  property  and  dis- 
bursing officers  appointed  in  pursuance  of  orders  of  the  governor  of  a 
State  or  Territory  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia are  not  entitled  to  pay  from  Federal  funds  for  services  per- 
formed in  that  capacity.     The  disbursing  officer  appointed  under 
paragraph  644  is  charged  with  the  duties  of  his  office,  and  such 
duties  do  not  devolve  upon  an  officer  deputized  to  act  in  his  stead. 

647.  When  traveling  in  the  performance  of  his  official  duties  under 
authority  granted  by  the  Secretary  of  War  after  specific  request 
therefor  has  been  submitted,  together  with  an  estimate  of  cost  of  the 
travel,  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  shall  be  reimbursed  for  his 
actual  necessary  traveling  expenses,  including  railroad  and  Pullman 
fares,  such  reimbursement  being  made  from  the  amount  apportioned 
to  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  for  "  Equipment 
and  incidental  expenses"  of  the  appropriation  made  annually  by 
Congress  under  the  provisions  of  sections  67  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916, 
provided  sufficient  funds  for  that  purpose  remain  to  the  credit  of  the 
State,  otherwise  from  funds  other  than  Federal. 

BONDS. 

648.  Special  attention  should  be  given  in  the  preparation  of  the 
bond  given  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer,  and  to  the  notes 
printed  thereon,  to  prevent  unnecessary  delay  in  the  transaction. 
Bonds  must  be  renewed  after  a  period  of  four  years,  and  steps  should 
be  taken  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officers  to  renew  their  bonds 
prior  to  the  expiration  of  the  four-year  limit  in  order  to  prevent  delays 
and  complications  in  filling  requisitions  for  funds  and  in  issuing  sup- 
plies at  the  end  of  the  bond  limit  period. 

649.  The  bond  required  by  paragraph  644  will  be  made  out  for  an 
amount  approximately  one-half  the  amount  of  funds  which  it  is  ex- 
pected will  be  required  at  any  one  time  plus  $10,000  additional  to  cover 
property  responsibility  and  accountability.    The  rules  of  the  War  De- 
partment do  not  authorize  the  placing  to  the  credit  of  property  and  dis- 
bursing officers  more  than  double  the  amount  of  the  bond  after  de- 
ducting $10,000.     In  having  the  bond  executed  the  rate  of  premium 
charged  by  the  bonding  company  must  be  stated  on  the  face  of  the 
bond,  and  the  revenue  stamps  required  by  law  affixed  on  the  bond. 

650.  Officers  of  the  National  Guard  who  may  be  furnished,  under 
proper  authority,  with  funds  for  the  purchase  of  coffee  or  other  com- 
ponents of  the  travel  ration  for  the  use  of  their  respective  commands 


176  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

are  not  required  to  furnish  bonds  for  the  safe-keeping  and  disburse- 
ments of  the  same.     (35  Stat.  L.,  117.) 

651.  Sureties  to  bonds  given  by  property  and  disbursing  officers 
will  be  bonded  jointly  and  severally  for  the  whole  amount  expressed 
therein,  and  must  satisfy  the  Secretary  of  War  that  they  are  jointly 
worth  double  such  amount,  each  surety  making  affidavit  that  he  is 
worth  that  sum  over  and  above  his  debts  and  liabilities  and  stating  in 
the  affidavit  his  place  of  residence. 

652.  A  company  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the  United  States, 
or  of  any  State,  and  legally  authorized  to  guarantee  bonds  may  be 
accepted  as  surety,  subject  to  the  limitations  prescribed  in  regulations 
of  the  War  Department  governing  the  acceptance  of  corporate  surety 
on  bonds,  as  published  from  time  to  time  hi  circulars  of  the  depart- 
ment, which  circulars  also  give  a  list  of  the  companies  that  are  au- 
thorized to  guarantee  bonds. 

653.  No  provision  is  made  in  the  law  for  the  expenses  hi  connec- 
tion with  furnishing  a  bond,  and  such  cost  can  not  be  paid  from  any 
funds  appropriated  for  the  National  Guard  by  Congress. 

654.  The  date  of  the  bond,  so  far  as  the  United  States  Government 
is  concerned,  is  the  date  the  bond  is  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War, 
and  such  date  should  at  all  time  be  used  whenever  the  bond  is  re- 
ferred to. 

REQUISITION  FOR  FUNDS. 

655.  When  the  completed  bond  required  by  paragraph  644  is  ap- 
proved by  the  Secretary  of  War,  and  upon  a  receipt  of  a  request  for 
funds  made  in  accordance  with  paragraph  656,  the  Secretary  of  War 
will  make  requisition  on  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  have  the 
amount  called  for  placed  with  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  to  the 
official  credit  of  the  designated  property  and  disbursing  officer. 

656.  The  governor  of  a  State  or  Territory,  or  the  commanding  gen- 
eral of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia  must,  under  the  law,  make 
requisition  on  the  Secretary  of  War  for  funds  to  meet  all  expenses 
the  payment  of  which  is  to  be  made  by  the  property  and  disbursing 
officer.     The  requisition  for  these  funds  can    not  be  made  by  any 
official  of  the  State  or  Territory  other  than  the  governor,  or  in  the 
District  of  Columbia,  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia Militia.     Under  the  regulations  of  the  War  Department  but 
one  requisition  a  month  can  be  submitted,  except  in  urgent  cases, 
in  which  cases  full  explanation  as  to  the  urgency  must  accompany  the 
request. 

657.  The  requisition  of  the  governor  or  the  commanding  general 
of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia  will  be  in  letter  form  and  must  be 
accompanied  by  a  detailed  estimate  showing  the  purpose  or  purposes 
for  which  the  funds  are  required,  reference  to  be  made  thereon  to  the 


NATIONAL   GUARD  REGULATIONS.  177 

authority  granted  to  incur  the  expense.  When  requisitioning  for 
funds  for  purposes  of  pay  for  officers  and  enlisted  men  and  subsist- 
ence of  enlisted  men  for  field  or  camp  service  for  instruction,  the 
estimate  will  show  the  number  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  all 
grades  taking  part,  with  the  number  of  days  of  their  service;  the  ap- 
proximate amount  necessary  to  pay  the  officers  and  enlisted  men  of 
the  command  on  the  basis  of  the  pay  of  the  Regular  Army,  without 
increase  for  length  of  service;  the  approximate  cost  of  the  subsistence 
of  enlisted  men  of  the  command  for  the  specified  number  of  days,  on 
the  basis  of  50  cents  a  day  for  each  enlisted  man  when  rations  in  kind 
can  be  issued,  70  cents  a  day  when  traveling  and  when  travel  rations 
can  be  supplied,  and  not  to  exceed  $1.60  a  day  when  traveling  and  it 
is  necessary  to  supply  cooked  meals;  also  the  estimated  amount  of 
incidental  expenses,  such  as  hiring  of  horses  and  draft  animals  for  the 
use  of  mounted  troops,  batteries,  and  wagons  in  connection  with  the 
encampments,  maneuvers,  and  field  instruction,  and  the  estimated 
cost  of  miscellaneous  supplies  that  are  necessary  for  camps,  such  as 
wood  for  cooking  and  heating  purposes,  straw  for  bedding,  forage 
for  animals,  and  other  similar  supplies.  When  requisitioning  for 
funds  for  payment  of  quarters  for  sergeant-instructors,  the  name  of 
the  sergeant-instructor,  the  period  for  which  intended,  and  the  balance 
remaining  to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer's  credit  for  such  pur- 
poses should  be  stated.  (Changes  No.  1,  December  IS,  1919.} 

658.  Requisitions  will  be  made  a  sufficient  time  in  advance  of  the 
time  funds  are  needed  for  disbursement  to  enable  them  to  be  acted 
on  by  the  officials  of  the  Treasury  Department.     The  average  time 
required  for  the  Treasury  Department  to  act  on  requisition  for  funds 
and  to  have  the  funds  placed  to  the  credit  of  the  property  and  dis- 
bursing officer  is  10  days. 

DISBURSEMENT   OF  FUNDS. 

659.  The  funds  appropriated  under  the  several  sections  of  the  law, 
and  as  enumerated  in  paragraphs  629  to  634,  inclusive,  will  be  dis- 
bursed as  follows: 

(a)  By  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States 
hi  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

For  the  payment  of  the  actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  by 
officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  when  traveling  in 
connection  with  visits  of  instruction  and  inspection  of  units  of  the 
National  Guard  for  Federal  recognition,  when  the  travel  is  entirely 
within  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia;  also  trav- 
eling expenses  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  and 
officers  of  the  National  Guard  in  carrying  out  the  provisions  of  sec- 
tion 75  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916.  Prior  authority  of  the  Secretary 
of  War  for  payments  of  this  character  is  not  necessary. 

For  office  rent  and  necessary  office  expenses  of  officers  of  the  Regu- 
lar Army  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard  of  a  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia.  Prior  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War 
for  payments  of  this  character  is  necessary. 


178  NATIONAL   GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

For  expenses  of  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  on  duty  with 
the  National  Guard  of  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
for  quarters,  fuel,  light,  medicines,  and  medical  attendance.  Prior 
authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for  payments  of  this  character 
is  necessary. 

For  the  promotion  of  rifle  practice,  including  the  acquisition,  con- 
struction, maintenance,  and  equipment  of  shooting  galleries  and 
suitable  target  ranges.  Prior  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for 
payments  of  this  character  is  necessary. 

For  the  hire  of  horses  and  draft  animals  for  the  use  of  mounted 
troops,  batteries,  wagons,  and  for  forage  for  the  same.  Prior  au- 
thority of  the  Secretary  of  War  for  payments  of  this  character  is 
not  necessary. 

For  such  other  incidental  expenses  in  connection  with  lawfully 
authorized  encampments,  maneuvers,  and  field  instruction  as  the 
Secretary  of  War  may  deem  necessary.  Prior  authority  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  War  for  payments  of  this  character  is  necessary 

For  the  payment  of  salaries  of  the  property  and  disbursing  officers 
for  the  United  States  in  each  State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of 
Columbia.  The  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for  these  pay- 
ments will  be  given  at  the  beginning  of  each  fiscal  year. 

For  the  reimbursement  of  the  actual  necessary  traveling  expenses 
of  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  in  each 
State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  when  traveling  in  the 
performance  of  his  official  duties  under  orders  issued  by  the  proper 
authorities  as  provided  for  in  paragraph  647.  Prior  authority  of  the 
Secretary  of  War  for  payments  of  this  character  is  necessary. 

For  the  pay  of  officers  and  the  pay  and  subsistence  of  enlisted  men 
participating  in  encampments,  maneuvers,  and  other  exercises,  in- 
cluding outdoor  target  practice  for  field  or  coast-defense  instruction. 
Prior  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for  payments  of  this  char- 
acter is  not  necessary. 

For  the  pay  and  allowances  of  selected  officers  and  the  pay,  allow- 
ances, and  subsistence  of  selected  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard 
while  in  attendance  and  pursuing  a  regular  course  of  study  at  any 
military  service  school  of  the  United  States,  except  the  United  States 
Military  Academy,  or  while  attached  to  an  organization  of  the  same 
arm,  corps,  or  department  to  which  the  officer  or  enlisted  man  be- 
longs, for  routine  practical  instruction  at  or  near  an  Army  post  during 
a  period  of  field  training  or  other  outdoor  exercises.  Payments  of 
this  character  will  be  limited  to  selected  officers  and  enlisted  men 
belonging  to  the  National  Guard  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  for  which  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  is 
appointed.  Prior  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for  payments  of 
this  character  is  necessary. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.    .  179 

For  the  compensation  of  competent  help,  for  the  care  of  materiel, 
animals,  and  equipment  issued  to  organizations  of  the  National 
Guard.  Prior  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War  for  payments  of 
this  character  is  not  necessary. 

(6)  By  an  officer  on  duty  in  the  Militia  Bureau  and  designated  by 
the  Secretary  of  War. 

For  the  payment  of  the  actual  and  necessary  expenses  of  officers  and 
enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  on  duty  in  connection  with  the 
National  Guard  when  making  inspections  in  accordance  with  sec- 
tion 93  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916;  in  joining  at  State  stations  for 
duty  and  returning  to  duty  at  other  stations  upon  relief  from  duty 
with  the  National  Guard;  in  connection  with  camps  of  instruction; 
inspection  of  target  ranges;  inspection  of  materiel,  Field  Artillery, 
Coast  Artillery  and  Signal  Corps;  and  on  visits  of  instruction  and 
inspection  of  units  for  Federal  recognition  when  the  latter  travel  is 
interstate. 

The  pay  and  allowances  of  officers  of  the  National  Guard  assigned 
to  duty  in  the  Militia  Bureau. 

TRANSPORTATION  ACCOUNTS, 

660.  General  and  detailed  instructions  covering  the  issue  and  use 
of  transportation  requests  are  contained  in  United  States  Army 
Regulations,  1913,  corrected  to  April  15,  1917,  as  amended,  para- 
graphs 1116  to  1125,  and  the  Manual  for  the  Quartermaster's  Corps, 
1916,  paragraphs  3353  to  3398.  Blank  forms  of  transportation  re- 
quests (original  and  duplicate)  will  be  obtained  for  the  use  of  the 
National  Guard  and  officers  traveling  in  connection  therewith,  upon 
requisition  submitted  to  the  Militia  Bureau.  Each  United  States 
property  and  disbursing  officer  is  designated  as  the  transportation 
officer  for  the  State  in  which  he  is  acting  as  such  property  and  dis- 
bursing officer,  and  such  requests  will  be  issued  only  by  him  so  far 
as  the  National  Guard  of  his  State  is  concerned.  When  a  trans- 
portation request  is  issued  by  such  officer,  the  original  request  will 
be  delivered  by  him  to  the  person  or  persons  in  whose  favor  the 
request  is  drawn,  and  the  memorandum  copy  will  be  immediately 
forwarded  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  to  the  zone  finance 
officer,  transportation  and  telegraph  section,  Pettus  Building,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  Each  transportation  request  issued  in  connection 
with  the  National  Guard  should  contain  on  both  the  original  and 
the  duplicate  a  notation  to  the  effect  that  payment  is  "chargeable 
to  the  appropriation  'Arming,  equipping,  and  training  the  National 
Guard'"  with  the  appropriate  fiscal  year  added.  Following  the 
signature  of  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  on  each  request 
issued,  the  title  "U.  S.  Property  and  Disbursing  Officer  for  the  State 
of  "  should  be  plainly  indicated  so  as  to  enable  the  settling 


180  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

officer  to  determine  the  State  against  which  the  charge  is  to  be 
made.  No  consolidated  and  periodical  report  of  transportation 
requests  issued  will,  as  heretofore,  be  rendered  by  the  issuing  officer. 
Property  and  disbursing  officers  will  not  pay  accounts  for  services 
rendered  by  carriers  on  transportion  requests,  all  such  accounts 
being  settled  by  the  zone  finance  officer,  transportation  and  tele- 
graph section,  Pettus  Building,  Washington,  D.  C.  Blank  forms  of 
transportation  requests  will  not  be  invoiced  to,  nor  carried  on  the 
property  accounts  of,  the  property  and  disbursing  officers,  but  will 
be  issued  to  them  on  memorandum  receipts.  A  property  and  dis- 
bursing officer  relieved  from  duty  will  turn  over  unused  transporta- 
tion form  blanks  in  his  possession  to  his  successor,  taking  the  lat- 
ter's  receipt  therefor  in  duplicate  and  forwarding  one  copy  of  such 
receipt  to  the  chief  of  transportation,  rail  transportation  branch, 
through  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau.  In  the  event  that  no  suc- 
cessor is  appointed,  the  unused  forms  will  be  forwarded  by  the 
property  and  disbursing  officer  to  the  chief  of  transportation  service, 
rail  transportation  branch,  through  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 

661.  The  travel  of  inspector-instructors  and  sergeant-instructors  of 
the  Regular  Army  when  traveling  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard 
under  proper  orders  should  be  on  transportation  requests  when  any 
or  all  of  the  travel  is  over  land  grant  roads.     Also  transportation 
requests  may  be  used  for  such  travel  where  no  land  grant  is  involved 
when  the  cost  of  the  travel  amounts  to  $5  or  more.     Transportation 
requests  will  not  be  used  for  travel  where  no  land  grant  is  involved 
when  the  cost  of  the  same  is  less  than  $5.     The  same  requirements 
apply  to  the  use  of  transportation  requests  issued  by  the  State  au- 
thorities for  travel  of  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  National  Guard 
when  traveling  under  proper  orders. 

Transportation  requests  for  travel  of  inspector-instructors  or 
sergeant-instructors  should  be  obtained  from  the  nearest  quarter- 
master and  those  for  use  of  the  National  Guard  will  be  furnished  the 
property  and  disbursing  officer  upon  receipt  of  a  request  therefor 
submitted  to  the  Militia  Bureau. 

662.  Officers  issuing  transportation  requests  are  cautioned  in  the 
preparation  thereof  to  strictly  adhere  to  the  provisions  of  para- 
graph 660,  and  when  such  requests  are  issued  they  must  be  plainly 
indorsed  showing  that  the  cost  of  the  transportation  is  chargeable 
against  the  National  Guard  appropriation  "  Arming,  equipping,  and 
training  the  national  guard,  19 — ." 

663.  The  expenses  in  connection  with  the  travel,  other  than  the 
railroad  fare  and   Pullman  transportation,  will   be  settled  as  indi- 
cated in  paragraph  659   (a)  or  659   (6).     When    transportation  re- 
quests are  used  for  travel,  with  the  voucher  covering  the  expenses,  a 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  181 

statement  should  be  furnished  to  the  effect  that  transportation  was 
furnished  on  transportation  request. 

664.  The  law  makes  no  provision  for  payment  of  mileage  to  officers 
and  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  and  the  National  Guard  while 
traveling  in  connection  with  armory  or  field  instruction,  inspection, 
or  changing  stations.     The   transportation  for  which  provision  is 
made  by  law  is  the  actual  cost  thereof,  reimbursement  therefor  to 
be  made  in  accordance  with  paragraph  726. 

665.  The  National  Guard,  when  traveling  with  a  view  to  partici- 
pating in  State  encampments  or  in  joint  maneuvers,  for  field  instruc- 
tion with  the  Regular  Army,  under  the  provisions  of  section  94  of 
the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  is  included  in  the  term  "  troops"  as  used  in 
the  land  grant  act  of  July  25,  1866  (14  Stat.,  241),  and  similar  acts, 
and  payment  by  the  United  States  for  transportation  of  officers  and 
men  of  the  National  Guard  so  traveling  is  subject  to  the  same  re- 
strictions under  land  grant  acts  as  the  transportation  of  Regular 
troops. 

CONSOLIDATED  INSTRUCTIONS  AND  REGULATIONS  GOVERNING  BILLS 
OF  LADING  AND  TRANSPORTATION  OF  SUPPLIES. 


>.  The  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  in 
a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  will  not  pay  accounts 
for  bills  of  lading.  All  payments  of  this  character  will  be  made  by 
designated  officers  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  of  the  Regular  Army. 

667.  Bills  of  lading  involving  the  shipment  of  Government  (United 
States)  property,  which  shipments  are  properly  payable  from  appro- 
priations made  by  Congress  for  the  benefit  of  the  National  Guard, 
will  be  issued  only  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the 
United  States  in  the  State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia. 

668.  The  original  bill  of  lading  form  (QMC-153)  will  be  numbered 
serially,  put  up  in  pads  of  100  each,  and  supplied  by  the  Rail  Trans- 
portation Branch,  Transportation  Service,  Washington,  D.  C.,  on 
requisitions  which  should  be  made  periodically  to  cover  three  months' 
requirements.     There  will  be  no   change  in   the  present  form   of 
shipping  order,  memorandum  bill  of  lading,  and  extra  sheet  fjorms. 
Those  forms  must  be  numbered  by  the  issuing  officer  to  correspond 
with  the  number  appearing  on  the  original  bill  of  lading  used.     The 
method  prescribed  hi  paragraph  3403,  Manual  for  the  Quartermaster 
Corps,  for  numbering  bills  of  lading,  will  be  discontinued  after  June 
30,  1919,  except  at  points  outside  the  continental  limits  of  the  United 
States,  when  the  provisions  of  this  Bulletin  will  be  effective  upon 
receipt  of  the  necessary  forms. 

669.  The  five  parts  of  Government  bill  of  lading  will  be  prepared  and 
disposed  of  as  provided  in  paragraph  677. 


182  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

670.  The  present  supply  of  shipping  order,  memorandum  bill  of 
lading  and  extra  sheet  forms  will  be  used  until  exhausted,   after 
which  requisitions  therefor  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Rail  Transpor- 
tation Branch,  Transportation  Service,  Washington,  D.  C.     All  un- 
numbered original  bill  of  lading  forms  on  hand  July  1,  1919,  will  be 
disposed  of  in  the  same  manner  as  provided  for  waste  paper. 

671.  The  numbered  original  bill  of  lading  forms  will  be  furnished 

on  memorandum  receipt,  showing  numbers,  as  Nos. to  , 

inclusive.     In  cases  of  transfer  the  officer  making  the  transfer  will 
secure  memorandum  receipt  in  the  same  form  signed  in  triplicate  by 
the  receiving  officer.     The  original  receipt  will  be  forwarded  to  the 
Rail  Transportation  Branch,  Transportation  Service,  Washington, 
D.  C.,  and  one  of  the  copies  will  be  retained  by  each  of  the  trans- 
ferring and  receiving  officers. 

672.  In  cases  of  emergency  shipments  of  Government  property  by 
freight  or  express,  no  Government  bill  of  lading  having  been  issued, 
the  officer  who  arranged  for  the  shipment  will  advise  the  transporta- 
tion officer  at  destination  that  the  shipment  consists  of  Government 
property,  that  the  transportation  thereof  is  a  proper  charge  against 
public  funds,  and  that  no  Government  bill  of  lading  or  express  receipt 
covering  the  shipment  be  attached  to  a  serially  numbered  Govern- 
ment bill  of  lading  form.     The  certificate  of  delivery  on  such  gov- 
ernment bill  of  lading  form  will  then  be  accomplished  and  the  com- 
pleted papers  surrendered  to  the  delivering  carrier.     A  memorandum 
copy  thereof,  bearing  the  same  serial  number  as  the  original,  will  be 
prepared  by  the  transportation  officer  at  destination  and  forwarded 
to  the  Zone  Finance  Officer,  Transportation  and  Telegraph  Section 
Washington,  D.  C. 

673.  In  no  case  will  contractors  be  permitted  to  forward  shipments 
of  Government  property  on  "shipper's  order"  bills  of  lading. 

674.  No  report  of  issuance  of  bills  of  lading  is  required,  but  can- 
celed original  bills  of  lading  will  be  plainly  indorsed  with  the  word 
" canceled"  and  forwarded  to  the  Zone  Finance  Officer,  Transporta- 
tion and  Telegraph  Section,  Washington,  D.  C.,  for  file. 

675.  These  instructions  apply  from  the  time  a  bill  of  lading  is 
originated  until  it  has  been  accomplished  to  the  carrier,  and  mailed 
to  the  proper  accounting  officer  for  financial  settlement.     They  do 
not  cover  the  settlement,  payment,  or  accounting  for  bills  of  lading, 
or  the  settlement  of  loss  and  damage,  demurrage,  or  overcharge 
claims,  but  show  in  a  general  way  the  relation  between  the  shipping 
and  the  accounting  functions  of  a  transportation  unit. 

676.  These  instructions  are  intended  to  assist  shipping  and  receiv- 
ing officers  in  the  proper  and  expeditious  handling  of  shipments  from 
their  depots,  in  order  to  minimize  delays  and  errors,  and  to  avoid 
claims  caused  by  improper  shipping  methods.  They  should,  therefore, 


NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS.  183 

be  carefully  studied  and  followed.  They  are  not,  however,  intended 
to  cover  all  situations,  and  specific  instructions  should  accordingly  be 
requested  when  exceptional  cases  arise. 

677.  The  prescribed  form  of  Government  bill  of  lading  consists  of 
five  (5)  parts,  viz:  The  original  (Q.  M.  C.  Form  153);  the  shipping 
order  (Q.  M.  C.  156),  and  three  (3)  memorandum  copies  (Q.  M.  C. 
Form  154),  which  should  be  made  simultaneously  by  the  use  of  carbon 
paper.     One  of  the  three  memorandum  copies  should  be  plainly 
stamped  or  indorsed  "  Property-received  copy,"  and  another  "  Prop- 
erty-shipped copy."     There  is  also  an  "  extra  sheet"  (Q.  M.  C.  Form 
155)  to  be  used  as  an  additional  sheet  to  the  five  (5)  parts  named 
when  the  items  of  shipment  are  so  numerous  as  to  require  more  than 
one  sheet. 

678.  In  issuing  Government  bills  of  lading  the  name  as  well  as 
the  official  designation  of  the  issuing  officer  or  agent  will  be  stated  on 
the  forms  (Q.  M.  C.  Forms  153,  154,  and  156)  in  the  space  provided 
for  "  Consignor."     The  office  authorizing  shipment  should  also  be 
inserted  on  line  provided  therefor  immediately  following  and  under- 
neath the  bill  of  lading  number. 

679.  The  consignee  should  be  carefully  designated  as  provided  by 
instructions  in  United  States  Railroad  Administration  General  Order 
No.  38,  issued  July  24,  1918,  and  reading  as  follows: 

Pursuant  to  the  act  approved  March  21,  1918,  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  the 
operation  of  transportation  systems  while  under  Federal  control,  for  the  just  compen- 
sation of  their  owners,  and  for  other  purposes,"  it  is  ordered  that  on  and  after  the  15th 
day  of  August,  1918,  the  following  requirements  and  provisions  shall  apply  and  be 
observed  in  respect  to  the  shipments  hereinafter  described: 

Shipments  intended  for  use  of  any  one  of  the  Government  departments,  either 
directly  or  through  a  contractor  with  the  United  States  Government,  shall  not  be 
entitled  to  or  receive  any  privilege  which  may  be  accorded  on  account  of  being 
intended  for  use  of  one  of  the  United  States  Government  departments,  either  directly 
or  indirectly,  through  a  contractor  with  the  United  States  Government,  where  said 
shipments  are  consigned  otherwise  than  in  one  of  the  following  ways: 

(a)  To  a  Government  officer  designated,  not  by  the  name  of  the  individual,  but  by 
the  title  of  his  position,  as  for  example: 

Supply  Officer,  Naval  Inspector,  or  Contracting  Quartermaster. 

(6)  To  a  Government  officer  designated,  not  by  name,  but  by  title  as  above,  fol- 
lowed by  the  words  "For  account  of,"  and  then  followed  by  the  name  of  the  contrac- 
tor or  agent  for  the  Government  engaged  on  the  work  at  the  point  of  destination. 

(c)  On  some  contracts  the  Government  has  entered  into  an  agreement  designating 
certain  parties  as  agent,  or  agents  for  the  Government  on  that  particular  contract. 
Shipments  for  such  parties  shall  be  consigned  to  the  particular  department  for  which 
the  work  is  being  done,  followed  by  the  words  "For  account  of,"  and  then  followed 
by  the  name  of  the  agent,  as,  for  instance: 

Ordnance  Department:  For  account  of  Dupont  Engineering  Co.,  Agent,  Penni- 
man,  Williamsburg,  Va. 
or, 

Ordnance  Department:  For  account  of  T.  A.  Gillespie  Loading  Co.,  Agents,  South 
Amboy,  N.  J. 


184  NATIONAL  GUARD  KEGULATIONS. 

(cf)  Shipments  of  material,  equipment,  and  supplies  for  any  person  requiring  or 
building  ships  under  the  supervision  of  the  United  States  Shipping  Board  Emer- 
gency Fleet  Corporation,  shall  be  consigned  only  to  the  United  States  Shipping 
Board  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation,  followed  by  the  words  "For  account  of,"  and 
then  followed  by  the  name  and  location  of  the  particular  concern  performing  the 
work,  as,  for  instance: 

United  States  Shipping  Board  Emergency  Fleet  Corporation,  For  account  of  Ameri- 
can International  Shipbuilding  Corporation,  Hog  Island,  Pa. 

(2)  It  is  forbidden— 

(a)  In  consigning  a  shipment  to  use  the  words  "United  States  Government,"  or 
substantially  that  term ,  or  abbreviations  thereof,  as  the  sole  description  of  the  consignee. 

(6)  Or  to  consign  a  shipment  to  and  in  the  name  of  the  United  States  Government 
followed  by  words  indicating  that  it  is  sent  "care  of "  a  private  person,  firm,  or  cor- 
poration. 

(c)  Or  to  consign  a  shipment  to  a  Government  official  or  to  an  officer  of  the  Army  or 
Navy  followed  by  words  indicating  that  it  is  sent  "care  of"  a  private  person,  firm  or 
corporation. 

(3)  No  shipper  or  other  person  seeking  or  obtaining  any  privilege  which  may  be 
accorded  on  account  of  the  shipment  being  intended  for  the  use  of  any  one  of  the 
United  States  Government  departments,  either  directly  or  indirectly  through  a  con- 
tractor with  the  United  States  Government,  shall,  without  authority,  use  or  cause 
to  be  used  as  consignee  the  name  or  title  of  the  United  States  or  of  any  department, 
bureau,  agency,  employee,  or  officer  thereof,  or  of  the  United  States  Shipping  Board 
Emergency  Fleet  Corporation  or  of  any  officer,  agent,  employee  thereof,  or  of  any  other 
person  or  the  designation  "Emergency  Fleet  Corporation:"  nor  shall  any  shipper  or 
other  person  offer  or  cause  to  be  received  for  carriage,  or  transported,  without  au- 
thority, any  such  shipment  consigned  as  specified  in  the  foregoing  paragraphs 
Nos.  1  and  2  for  the  purpose  of  securing  by  such  consignment,  any  privilege  which 
may  be  accorded  on  account  of  the  shipment  being  intended  for  the  use  of  any  one 
of  the  United  States  Government  departments,  either  directly  or  indirectly  through 
a  contractor  with  the  United  States  Government. 

Agents  are  forbidden  to  sign  or  issue  bills  of  lading  or  receipts  for  shipments  which 
in  any  manner  conflict  with  any  of  the  foregoing  provisions. 

(Violation  of  the  foregoing  order  is  punishable  by  fine  of  not  more  than  $5,000  or 
by  imprisonment  of  not  more  than  two  years,  or  by  both  such  fine  and  imprisonment.) 

WM.  G.  McAoop, 
Director  General  of  Railroads. 

NOTE. — Shipment  of  supplies,  equipment,  raw  materials,  or  freight  of  any  char- 
acter (other  than  the  personal  property  of  officers  and  civilian  employees),  which 
is  not  actually  the  property  of  the  United  States  Government,  War  Department, 
ehall  not  be  consigned  to  or  in  care  of  an  officer  of  the  Army.  (P.  S.  and  T.  Office 
Order  No.  9,  1918.) 

680.  Bills  of  lading  should   be  prepared,   as  indicated  in  para- 
graph 677,  with  typewriter  at  one  writing,  making  one  original  and 
four  carbon   copies,   except   where   a   typewriter  is  not  available, 
when  an  indelible  pencil  should  be  used. 

681.  The  shipping  order  will  be  signed  by  officer  making  the  ship- 
ment and;  together  with  the  original  and  unstamped  memorandum 
cop}',  will  be  sent  to  the  carrier's  agent,  who  will  retain  the  shipping 
order  for  his  record  and  sign  and  return  to  the  shipping  officer  the 
original  and  memorandum  copy.     Wherever  practicable,  the  three 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  185 

parts  of  bill  of  lading  mentioned  above  should  accompany  the  ship- 
ment when  delivered  to  the  carrier,  but  at  large  shipping  points 
where  this  can  not  be  done  and  it  is  the  practice  to  take  receipts 
for  property  on  dray  (shipping)  tickets,  bills  of  lading  should  be  fur- 
nished the  carrier  as  soon  after  delivery  of  shipment  as  possible. 

682.  The  original  bill  of  lading  will  be  promptly  mailed  to  the 
consignee,  or  to  the  quartermaster  or  supply  officer,  in  whose  care 
the  goods  are  shipped.     The  different  copies  will  be  disposed  of  as 
follows : 

(a)  In  any  case  where  such  consignee  or  receiving  officer  is  not 
the  officer  accountable  for  the  property,  or  in  charge  of  the  con- 
tract, on  which  the  goods  are  shipped,  an  additional  memorandum 
copy  of  the  bill  of  lading,  signed  by  the  agent  of  the  receiving  car- 
rier, will  be  prepared  and  sent  directly  to  the  accountable  officer. 

(6)  The  unstamped  memorandum  copy  will  be  mailed  to  the 
disbursing  officer  charged  with  the  settlement  of  the  accounts  of  the 
carrier  concerned. 

(c)  The    memorandum   marked    " property   received    copy"   will 
be  mailed  to  the  consignee,  as  soon  as  prepared  in  an  envelope  sep- 
arate from  that  in  which  the  original  bill  of  lading  is  mailed.     Upon 
receipt  of  this  copy  in  the  consignee's  office,  it  will  be  filed  as  a 
record  of  property  received. 

(d)  The   memorandum   marked    "property   shipped    copy77    will 
be  retained  by  the  consignor  as  an  office  file. 

683.  A  bill  of  lading  should  describe  the  articles  to  be  shipped  by 
their  commercial  names,  giving  separately  such  weights,   dimensions 
or  values,  and  manner  of  packing,  as  may  be  necessary  to  ascertain 
classifications  and  rates,  and  to  enable  recovery  in  case  of  loss  or 
damage.     For  instance:  Undershirts   should   be   billed   as   "cotton 
knit  undershirts77  or  "merino  knit  undershirts/'  as  the  case  may  be, 
instead  of  merely  " undershirts. "     The  term  "merchandise"  should 
never  be  used,  as  carriers  will  assess  double  first  class  freight  rates 
on  a  shipment  billed  as  "merchandise."     In  no  case  should  the  con- 
soli  dated  weight  of  same  commodity,  contained  in  different  kind  of 
packages,  be  shown  on  B/L;  separate  weights  should  be  shown  for 
each  kind  of  packages.     Thus: 

Two  (2)  bundles  castings,  263  pounds. 
Three  (3)  crates  castings,  480  pounds. 
Four  (4)  boxes  castings,  620  pounds. 

684.  The  number  of  packages  must  be  written  in  full  and  also 
inserted  in  figures,  thus: 

Ten  (10)  cases  shoes. 

One  hundred  (100)  barrels  flour. 

685.  A  bill  of  lading  covering  the  shipment  of  property  in  carload 
lots  wifl  have  noted  thereon  the  initials  and  numbers  of  cars  in  which 
the  property  is  loaded,  and  reference  to  car  seals  when  known. 


186  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

686.  No  erasures,  interlineations,  or  alterations  in  bills  of  lading 
should  be  made  where  it  can  be  avoided,   and  where  unavoidable 
should  be  authenticated  and  explained  by  officer  who  issues  or  ac- 
complishes the  bill  of  lading,  as  the  case  may  be. 

687.  When  it  becomes  necessary  to  issue  a  copy  of  bill  of  lading,  the 
" memorandum"  form  must  be  used  and  the  word  "copy"  will  be 
written  in  ink  or  stamped  on  its  face.     Payment  can  not  be  made  to 
carriers  on  duplicates  or  copies  of  bills  of  lading. 

688.  Through  bills  of  lading  will  be  issued  in  all  instances  between 
initial  and  ultimate  points  of  shipments,  except  on  export  or  import 
shipments,  when  separate  bills  of  lading  will  be  issued  to  and  from 
ports,  and  also  except  where  rates  more  advantageous  to  the  Govern- 
ment may  be  otherwise  obtained. 

689.  Where  shipments  are  made  by  contractors  or  persons  other 
than    accredited   representatives   of   Government,    they   should   be 
required  to  show  on  bills  of  lading,  reference  to  order,  contract,  or 
requisition  number,  so  that  shipment  may  be  properly  identified  and 
bills  of  lading  promptly  accomplished. 

690.  In  no  case  will  a  second  bill  of  lading  be  issued  for  any  ship- 
ment, nor  will  a  bill  of  lading  be  issued  after  the  transportation  has 
been  performed,  except  as  provided  by  existing  regulations  in  regard 
to  coal,   coke,  hay,  etc.,   as  set  forth  in  Ordnance  Quartermaster 
General  Notice  No.  178,  1918. 

691.  The  issuance  of  a  Government  bill  of  lading  is  prima  facie 
evidence  of  liability  of  the  Government  for  payment  of  transporta- 
tion charges,  even  though  the  property  may  have  been  purchased 
subject  to  inspection  and  final  acceptance  at  point  of  delivery.     When 
the  service  requested  in  a  Government  bill  of  lading  has  been  properly 
performed,   the  consignee  or  receiving  officer  will  accomplish  and 
surrender  the  original  bill  of  lading  to  the  carrier  making  delivery, 
being  careful  to  note  on  the  reverse  side  of  the  bill  of  lading  complete 
information  as  to  any  loss  or  damage  that  may  exist,  the  accomplished 
bill  of  lading  then  becoming  the  evidence  upon  which  settlement  of 
transportation  charges  will  be  made.     This  method  will  be  followed 
irrespective  of  whether  the  whole  or  any  part  of  shipment  is  rejected 
on  account  of  not  coming  up  to  requirements  of  purchase  order  or 
contract;  but  where  there  is  sufficient  loss  or  damage  in  transit  to 
cause  rejection  of  the  entire  shipment   the  property  will  be  left  in 
the  hands  of  the  carrier  for  such  disposition  as  it  may  elect,  and  the 
original  bill  of  lading,  instead  of  being  surrendered  to  the  carrier, 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  disbursing  officer  with  information  noted 
thereon  as  to  loss  or  damage  and  amount  to  be  collected  therefor. 

692.  When  the  rejection  of  a  shipment  is  due  to  defects  in  the 
property  or  failure  of  the  shipper  or  contractor  to  fulfill  the  terms  of 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 


187 


the  purchase  order  or  contract ,  the  transportation  lines,  having 
performed  the  service  required  under  the  conditions  of  the  bill  of 
lading,  are  not  to  be  penalized  by  refusal  of  the  Government  to  pay 
for  the  service  rendered  by  them  in  good  faith.  It  is  to  the  con- 
tractor and  his  bondsmen  that  the  Government  must  look  for  reim- 
bursement for  all  damages,  including  freight  paid  on  the  rejected 
portion  of  the  shipment,  which  must  be  charged  to  the  shipper  or 
contractor  on  basis  of  the  commercial  rate  and  not  on  basis  of  the 
net  Government  rate.  The  purchasing  or  contracting  officer  will 
be  immediately  notified  of  the  charges  on  such  account  with  reason 
therefor. 

693.  Bills  of  lading  and  certificates  issued  in  lieu  thereof  must  be 
accomplished  and  surrendered  to  agents  of  carriers  promptly  upon 
receipt  of  property,  and  must  not  be  held  pending  investigation  as  to 
responsibility  for  any  loss  or  damage  that  may  be  disclosed. 

694.  In  the  absence  of  the  consignee,  or  on  his  failure  to  receipt, 
the  person  receipting  will  certify  that  he  is  duly  authorized  to  do  so, 
citing  such  authority. 

695.  In  order  to  insure  the  prompt  delivery  of  property,  in  case  of 
the  failure  of  receiving  officer  or  consignee  to  receive  the  bill  of  lading 
on  arrival  of  the  shipment,  or  in  case  the  bill  of  lading  has  been  lost, 
destroyed,  or  can  not  be  located,  a  certificate  (in  duplicate)  will  be 
accomplished  in  form  shown  herein,  which  will  be  prepared  and 
submitted  by  carrier's  agent.     The  duplicate  certificate  will  be  re- 
tained by  the  receiving  officer,  and  the  original  will  be  returned  to 
carrier's   agent.     If,    after   the   accomplishment   of   certificate,    the 
original  bill  of  lading  is  received,  notation  to  that  effect  will  be  made 
thereon,  showing  sufficient  information  to  enable  identification  of 
certificate,  and  the  bill  of  lading  forwarded  to  Zone  Finance  Officer, 
Washington,  D.  C. 

CERTIFICATE. 

In  lieu  of  bill  of  lading. 

(To  be  executed  only  when  original  bills  of  lading  for  the  transportation  of  United 
States  property  have  been  lost,  destroyed,  or  can  not  be  located.) 

Received  from R at 

on ,  191 ..,  in  apparent  good  order  and  condition,  except  as  noted 

on  the  reverse  side  hereof,  the  following  public  property: 


Marks. 

Numbers. 

Number  and  description  of  packages. 

Contents. 

Weight. 











188  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

Weight Ibs.     Total  weight,  Ibs 

Shipped  by 

Delivery  Agents's  Pro.  No Date ,191.. 

Govt.  B/LNo From W/B  No Date ,191.. 

(See  Note  1.) 
Date Place 

Receiving  Officer. 
NOTE  1. — If  Govt.  B/L  was  issued,  numbers  will  be  inserted. 

If  commercial  B/L  was  issued,  insert  word  "commercial." 

If  not  known  whether  Govt.  or  Commercial  B/L  was  issued,  insert  words 

" not  known." 

NOTE  2. — This  document,  in  duplicate,  is  issued  at  destination  of  shipment  hereon 

described  in  lieu  of  the  original  bill  of  lading,  which  can  not  be  located.    Original 

should  be  returned  to  carrier's  agent  and  duplicate  retained  by  the  receiving  officer. 

Receiving  officer  of  the  United  States  Government  will  certify  to  either  of  the 

following  conditions,  as  the  fact  may  be. 

IJiereby  certify  that  no  charges  have  been  paid,  and  neither  bill  of  lading  nor  other 
receipt  has  been  accomplished  for  this  shipment. 


Receiving  officer. 

Date ,  191... 

I  hereby  certify  that  the  original  bill  of  lading  indicated  above,  according  to  my 

records,  was  accomplished  on ,  191. .,  in  favor  of 

Carrier. 


Receiving  officer. 

NOTE  3. — The  following  certificate  will  not  be  signed  by  railroad  agents;  it  is  for  the 
use  of  the  railroad  official  presenting  bill  to  Government. 

,  191... 

This  is  to  certify  that  in  my  official  capacity  as  an  officer  of 

R all  original  bills  of  lading  for  the  transportation  of 

United  States  property  over  the  lines  of  said  company  pass  into  my  office.  That  the 
original  part  of  the  bill  of  lading  covering  the  shipment  described  above  has  not  been 
received,  or,  if  it  has,  it  can  not  be  located.  I  further  certify  that  if  the  said  bill  of 
lading  should  later  be  found  it  will  at  once  be  sent  to  the  proper  disbursing  officer  of 
the  United  States  and  no  claim  made  thereon. 


(Name.) 


(Title.) 

INSTRUCTIONS. — This  document,  when  prepared,  should  be  presented  to  the  Receiv- 
ing Officer  of  the  United  States  Government  for  accomplishment  of  either  of  above 
certificates,  as  conditions  may  warrant.  When  thus  accomplished,  to  be  used  by 
carrier  in  support  of  bill  against  the  Government  in  lieu  of  lost  bill  of  lading. 

696.  Only  one  bill  of  lading  will  be  issued  to  cover  shipments  of  one 
er  more  carloads  in  the  same  train,  under  the  f olkwing  conditions : 

(a)  For  the  movement  of  military  impedimenta  and  supplies  on 
each  troop  train,  in  connection  with  each  troop  movement. 

(6)  For  the  movement  over  short  distances  of  one  or  more  carloads 
of  materials  or  supplies  (comprising  carload  lots  of  the  same  com- 
modity, such  as  building  material,  sand,  or  gravel),  where  the  ship- 


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ment  is  made  on  the  same  train,  from  one  station,  by  one  shipper,  on 
one  railroad,  to  one  consignee  and  destination. 

(c)  For  the  continuous  movement  of  one  or  more  carloads  of  live- 
stock where  the  shipment  is  made  on  the  same  train,  from  one  station, 
by  one  shipper,  to  one  consignee  and  destination,  except  in  cases  where 
the  transportation  of  a  greater  number  of  attendants  can  be  obtained 
by  issuing  more  than  one  bill  of  lading. 

(d)  For  the  continuous  movement  of  solid  trainloads  comprising 
complete  carloads  of  materials  or  supplies  of  the  same  commodity, 
where  the  shipment  is  made  from  one  station,  by  one  shipper,  to  one 
consignee  and  destination. 

In  such  cases  each  bill  of  lading  and  each  copy  thereof  should  show 
an  itemized  list  of  contents  of  each  car,  either  preceding  or  following 
the  initials  and  number  of  car  in  which  loaded.  Whenever  the  item- 
ized lists  are  separate  from  the  bill  of  lading  they  should  be  securely 
attached  thereto. 

697.  Freight  may  be  reshipped  without  being  removed  from   the 
car  or  station  after  the  consignee  receipts  for  the  property,  issues  new 
bill  of  lading  to  cover,  and  changes  the  marks  on  L.  C.  L.  shipments 
to  conform  to  new  shipping  instructions. 

698.  Requests  to  change  the  consignee  or  destination  of  freight  in 
transit  must  be  made  in  writing  to  the  proper  representative  of 
carrier.     When  necessary  to  change  destination  of  or  reconsign  a 
shipment,  when  practicable  to  do  so,  the  B/L  originally  issued  for 
the  movement  should  be  used  and  should  have  all  facts  indorsed 
thereon  over  signature  of  officer  changing  destination  of  shipment  in 
substantially  the  following  form : 

This  ^hipment  reconsigned  to on  this  B/L. 

No  other  B/L  issued  to  cover  haul  from to 

Authority  for  reconsigning 

(Signed)        

699.  Each  package  (box,  crate,  bundle,  or  loose  piece)  of  property 
shipped  must  be  plainly  marked  with  the  information  necessary  to 
carry  it  to  destination  and  insure  prompt  delivery.     When  consigned 
to  a  place  of  which  there  are  two  or  more  of  the  same  name  in  the 
same  State,  the  name  of  the  place  and  of  the  county  also  must  be 
shown.     If  there  is  more  than  one  station  within  the  limits  of  a  city 
or  town,  the  name  of  the  station  at  which  delivery  is  desired  should 
be  marked  on  the  package  and  shown  on  the  bill  of  lading  and  shipping 
order.     When  consigned  to  place  not  located  on  the  line  of  the 
carrier,  packages  must  be  marked  with  the  name  of  the  station  of 
the  last  carrier  at  which  the  consignee  will  accept  delivery.     Pack- 
ages should  also  bear  serial  numbers  whenever  practicable  and  should 
be  listed  on  bills  of  lading  in  consecutive  order,  except  where  more 
convenient  to  combine  items  of  the  same  description  in  one  entry. 


190  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

Packages  for  export  should  be  further  marked  to  indicate  the  port 
through  which  shipments  are  to  pass.  Old  consignment  marks 
should  be  removed  or  effaced. 

700.  Receiving  officer  should  verify  the  correctness   of  bills  of 
lading  by  carefully  checking  the  number  of  articles  or  packages 
received  from  carriers,  especially  shipments  made  in  carload  quanti- 
ties and  unloaded  by  the  consignee. 

701.  Whenever  practicable,  order  for  minimum  carload  shipments 
from  the  same  locality  should  be  arranged,  so  that  shipments  con- 
signed to  the  same  point  will  be  loaded  in  same  car,  in  order  to  make 
as  few  minimum  carload  shipments  as  possible,  on  shipments  con- 
signed  through   to   the  same  locality  or   to   directly  intermediate 
localities.     Bills  of  lading  in  such  cases  will  be  made  so  as  to  dis- 
tinguish each  consignment,  as  if  handled  in  a  separate  car,  as  provided 
in  United  States  Railroad  Administration  Circular  CS-12. 

702.  In  view  of  the  fact  that  in  some  cases  an  additional  charge  is 
assessed  on  freight  cars  in  excess  of  36  feet  in  length,  unless  such  cars 
are  furnished  for  the  convenience  of  carrier,  orders  should  not  be 
placed  for  cars  longer  than  actually  required,  and  should  specify  the 
length  of  cars  desired,  this  information  also  to  be  shown  on  the  face 
of  bills  of  lading;  for  example,  " 36-foot  car  ordered." 

703.  Shipping  and  receiving  officers  should  keep  such  a  record  of 
cars  and  seals  as  will  assist  in  determining  responsibility  for  loss  in 
transit,  especially  where  shipments  are  made  "shippers'  load  and 
count,"  and  where  shipments  are  transferred  en  route. 

704.  Public  property,  except  ordinary  live  stock,  shipped  by  ex- 
press shall,  when  necessary  to  procure  the  lowest  rate,  be  released  to 
the  valuation  provided  by  the  carrier  to  assure  such  rate.     Shipping 
officers  are  authorized  to  specify  to  this  effect  on  bills  of  lading. 
Claims  for  loss  or  damage  shall  be  based  upon  such  releases  or  agreed 
valuation,  regardless  of  the  actual  value  of  the  property.     In  special 
cases,  however,  when  shipment  of  public  property  by  express    is 
authorized,  responsible  officers  may  ship  at  actual  valuation,  and 
proper  charges  therefor,  as  provided  by  published  tariff,  shall  be 
paid  for  the  service  actually  performed.     (C.  A.  R.  No.  76,  July 
31,  1918.) 

705.  Reports  of  survey  for  damage  to,  or  shortage  of  freight  which 
has  been  delivered  in  apparent  good  condition  should  be  supported 
by  a  statement  of  the  shipper  as  to  the  time  of  packing,  the  quantity, 
the  quality,  the  time  of  delivery  of  the  drayman,  and  the  condition 
of  the  property  when  offered  for  shipment;  also  a  statement  of  the 
consignee  as  to  the  tune  of  receipt  from  the  drayman,  the  time  of 
unpacking,  the  quantity,  the  quality,  and  the  condition  of  the  prop- 
erty.    Reports  of  survey  for  loss  by  leakage  should  be  accompanied 
by  certificates  of  gaugers  at  point  of  shipment  and  destination  and  by 
the  original  or  a  certified  copy  of  the  bill  of  purchase. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  191 

706.  It  having  developed  that  in  many  instances  tracers  for  delivery 
of  L.  C.  L.  freight  have  been  started  after  shipments  were  actually 
delivered,    in   order   to   avoid   unnecessary   correspondence,   future 
requests  of  this  character  must  be  accompanied  by  evidence  that  the 
property  has  not  been  delivered. 

707.  Requests  for  bills  of  lading,  shipping  orders,  memorandum 
bills  of  lading,  and  extra  sheets,  should  be  submitted  to  this  office 
on  Militia  Bureau  Form  No.  59,  in  the  same  manner  as  requests  for 
other  blank  forms. 

708.  The   foregoing  instructions   will   be   complied   with  by   the 
property  and  disbursing  officers  beginning  July  1,  1919,  or  imme- 
diately thereafter  upon  receipt  of  instructions. 

CLAIMS. 

709.  Claims  for  damages  done  to  crops  during  a  State  encamp- 
ment do  not  constitute  a  lawful  charge  against  the  allotment  of  the 
State  under  section  67  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  unless  before  the 
encampment  and  maneuvers  are  held  and  the  grounds  are  occupied, 
a  lease  has  been  executed  providing  for  the  placing  of  the  leased 
premises  in  the  same  condition  in  which  they  were  at  the  beginning 
of  the  encampment  and  maneuvers,  charging  the  State  with  the 
cost  of  such  restoration.     In  case  such  lease  is  made  the  claims  can 
be  paid  not  as  damage  cases,  but  as  claims  arising  in  the  execution 
of  a  contractual  obligation.     The  extent  of  the  damages  should  be 
ascertained  by  a  board  of  award  consisting  of  three  persons,  one 
selected  by  the  State,  one  by  the  lessor,  and  the  third  by  these  two. 
Payment  of  the  amount  due  to  the  lessor  should  be  made  on  Form 
No.  330,  War  Department,  and  the  report  of  the  board  should  be 
attached  thereto  as  a  subvoucher.     Such  payments  when  authorized 
will  be  made  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  in  the  State? 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

710.  The  appropriation  under  section  67,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  is 
properly  chargeable  with  claims  for  damages  done  property  during 
joint  encampments  of  State  and  Regular  troops,  if  it  shall  appear 
that  the  damage  was  caused  by  the  movement  of  the   troops   as  a 
whole  and  not  by  the  act  of  an  individual.     Where  unexpected  move- 
ments necessitate  the  entering  of  a  demesne  not  covered  by  lease  the 
property  so  occupied  is  occupied  subject  to  the  rights  of  the  owners  of 
the  land,  and  the  law  implies  a  contract  to  pay  rent  to  those  owning 
the  premises  so  used.     (See  Decision  of  Comptroller,  Mar.  10,  1909.) 

711.  Claim  for  damages  on  account  of  injuries  sustained  during 
participation  in  encampments,  maneuvers,  or  other  outdoor  exercises 
can  not  be  adjusted  by  the  War  Department,  and  should  be  pre- 
sented to  the  State  in  whose  service  the  parties  were  when  the  inju- 
ries were  received.     (See  Decision,  War  Dept.,  Feb.  15,  1904.) 


192  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

EXPENSES,  ENCAMPMENTS,  ETC. 

712.  If  it  is  agreed  that  the  State  shall  bear  a  portion  of  the  ex- 
penses of  the  pay  of  officers  and  enlisted  men,  the  pay  rolls  will 
clearly  indicate  the  obligations  which  rest  against  Federal  funds  and 
those  which  rest  against  State  funds. 

713.  Where  troops  engage  in  a  practice  march  for  instruction,  the 
cost  of  wagon  transportation  sufficient  to  carry  the  rations,  tentage, 
and  bedding  is  a  proper  charge  against  the  State's  allotment  of  funds. 
Therefore,  where  the  expenditure  is  reasonable  and  necessary  to  the 
movements  of  the  troops  that  are  engaged  in  a  practice  march  the 
same  will  be  allowed. 

714.  The  National  Guard  of  a  State  engaging  in  actual  field  or 
camp  service  for  instruction  is  entitled  to  receive  the  same  pay  to 
which  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  Regular  Army  are  entitled  by 
law,  and  it  is  therefore  beyond  the  power  of  the  War  Department 
to  authorize  payments  of  any  other  rates  from  appropriations  pro- 
vided by  Congress  for  the  National  Guard. 

715.  An  officer  or  enlisted  man  of  the  National  Guard  is  entitled 
to  pay  only  when  on  duty,  and  not  while  on  leave,  during  the  period 
of  encampment  of  the  National  Guard  of  which  he  is  a  member. 

716.  Officers  and  enlisted  men  serving  as  provided  in  sections  94 
and  97  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  are  entitled  to  be  paid  for  the 
actual  number  of  days  they  are  engaged  in  service  at  the  same  rates 
of  pay  as  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the  corresponding  grades  of 
the  Regular  Army.     The  act  of  March  2,  1903,  defining  division  of 
yearly  time  and  computation  for  fractional  parts  of  months  is  limited 
in  its  application  to  payments  made  to  the  Regular  Army.     (See 
Decision  of  Comptroller,  Oct.  30,  1903.) 

717.  Payments  of  transportation  of  mounted  officers  who  take 
part  in  the  actual  field  or  camp  service  for  instruction,  pursuant  to 
the  provisions  of  section  94  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  for  the 
horses  of  these  officers,  may  be  made  from  funds  allotted  to  the 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  under  section  67  of 
the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  from  the  home  station  of  the  officers  to  the 
place  of  encampments  and,  returning,  from  the  place  of  encampment 
to  the  home  stations  of  the  officers,  provided  such  horses  have  been 
inspected  by  an  inspector-instructor  or  other  officer  of  the  Regular 
Army  and  certified  to  as  suitable  first  mounts,  as  required  for  officers 
of  the  Regular  Army. 

718.  If  a  National  Guard  force  is  encamped  under  the  provisions 
of  sections  94  and  97  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  fines  are  imposed 
by  a  court-martial  for  derelictions  of  duty,  the  amounts  of  such  fines 
should  be  entered  on  the  pay-rolls;  the  officer  paying  the  troops 
should  deduct  the  amounts  of  the  fines  from  the  pay  of  the  men, 
and  deposit  the  amounts  collected  as  indicated  in  paragraph  913. 


NATIONAL   GUARD   REGULATIONS.  193 

719.  No  man's  name  should  be  entered  on  a  pay  roll  covering  pay 
for  encampments  or  maneuvers,  etc.,  unless  he  shall  have  previously 
subscribed  to  the  oath  required  by  sections  70  and  73  of  the  act  of 
June  3,  1916. 

720.  Officers   of   the   National   Guard  participating  in   en: amp- 
men  ts,    maneuvers,    or   other   exercises,    including   outdoor    target 
practice,  for  field  or  coast  defense  instruction,  are  entitled  to  pay 
and   transportation,   and  enlisted  men   to   subsistence   in   addition 
thereto,   from   the   date   they   start   from   their  home   rendezvous 
nn  til  their  return  thereto,  as  determined  in  advance,  both  dates 
inclusive.     Before  pay  is  allowed,  the  men  must  be  duly  mustered 
and   may   be    paid    at    any    time    after   such    muster   during    the 
period  of   the  encampment,   maneuvers,   etc.     In  computing  pay 
previous  service  in  the  regular  or  volunteer  forces  of  the  United 
States  is  not  to  be  considered.     (Decision  of  Comptroller,  Aug.  20, 
1903.)     Previous  services  in  the  Organized  Militia  or  National  Guard 
shall  not  be  counted.     The  pay  rolls  will  have  entered  opposite  the 
name  of  each  enlisted  man  the  date  of  his  enlistment,  and  no  enlisted 
man  will  be  mustered  for  pay  who  has  not  been  a  bona  fide  member 
of  the  company,  troop,  battery,  or  detachment,  in  which  paid  for  at 
least  two  months  prior  to  the  date  of  the  encampment,  maneuvers, 
or  other  exercises,  including  not  less  than  14  periods  of  practical  pro- 
gressive military  instruction  of  at  least  one  and  one-half  hours  each 
ha  the  arm  of  the  service  in  which  he  is  paid  at  the  encampment,  or 
who  has  not  had  like  service  and  instruction  in  the  Regular  Army, 
Navy,  or  Marine  Corps  of  the  United  States,  or  one  academic  year's 
service  at  a  school  where  military  instruction  in  that  arm  is  given 
under  the  supervision  of  an  officer  of  the  Regular  Army,  Navy,  or 
Marine  Corps.     That  these  requirements  as  to  service  and  instruction 
have  been  fulfilled  will  be  certified  to  prior  to  payment  by  the  officer 
having  knowledge  of  the  facts,  in  command  of  the  organization 
(company,  troop,  battery,  band,  or  detachment)  paid.     In  order  to 
entitle  any  member  of  the  organization  to  pay,  the  requirements  as  to 
average  attendance,  laid  down  in  paragraph  512,  must  be  fulfilled. 
(Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

721.  Transportation  and  subsistence,  but  not  pay,  will  be  furnished 
to  enlisted  men  in  excess  of  the  enlisted  strength  required  by  Tables 
of  Organization,  who  participate  in  field  or  camp  service  for  instruc- 
tion, but  who  have  not  had  the  prior  service  or  instruction  prescribed 
above.     The  muster  and  inspection  prescribed  herein  will  be  made  as 
near  as  practicable  at  the  close  of  the  joint  encampment,  maneuvers, 
or  exercises,  and  at  a  time  that  will  interfere  as  little  as  possible  with 
execution  of  the  program  of  instruction. 


194  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

722.  No  pay  is  authorized  to  officers  and  enlisted  men  of  the 
National  Guard  for  services  rendered  on  the  31st  day  of  a  month  at 
encampments,    maneuvers,    or    other    exercises,    including    outdoor 
target  practice  and  field  and  coast-defense  instruction.     (See  deci- 
sion of  the  Comptroller,  Jan.  4,  1917.) 

723.  The  States  of  Arkansas,  Iowa,  Mississippi,  South  Carolina, 
and  Tennessee  have  enacted  State  laws  prohibiting  tipping  within 
the  State.     In  view  of   these  laws  officers   and  noncommissioned 
officers  of  the  Regular  Army  and  National  Guard,  when  traveling 
within  the  States  enumerated,  when  such  expenses  are  to  be  met 
from  Federal  funds,  are  not  authorized  to  tip  for  any  services  ren- 
dered. 

FIELD  HOSPITALS. 

724.  Subsistence  charges  will  be  made  for  officers  and  enlisted 
men  of  the  National  Guard  not  in  Federal  service  admitted  to  field 
hospitals  of  the  Army,  under  paragraph  1459,  Army  Regulations,  as 
follows:  For  officers  and  enlisted  men  an  amount  equal  to  the  com- 
mutation rate  prescribed  for  enlisted  men  by  paragraph  1212,  Army 
Regulations,  plus  10  cents  a  day.     (A.  R.  1460;  C.  A.  R.  No.  69, 
Mar.  1,  1918.) 

Paragraph  1212,  Army  Regulations,  1913,  provides  that,  while 
sick  in  hospital  the  ration  of  enlisted  men  will  be  commuted,  as 
follows:  For  all  hospitals  for  tuberculosis  patients,  regardless  of  bed 
capacity,  at  the  actual  cost  of  the  ration  plus  50  per  cent.  For 
other  hospitals:  Those  having  a  bed  capacity  of  100  or  less  at  the 
actual  cost  of  the  ration  plus  50  per  cent;  those  having  a  capacity 
of  more  than  100,  but  less  than  500,  at  the  actual  cost  of  the  ration 
plus  40  per  cent;  those  having  a  capacity  of  500  or  more,  but  less 
than  1,000,  at  the  actual  cost  of  the  ration  plus  30  per  cent;  those 
having  a  capacity  of  1,000  or  more  at  the  actual  cost  of  the  ration 
plus  25  per  cent. 

The  subsistence  charges  for  both  officers  and  enlisted  men  will  be 
accounted  for  with  the  hospital  fund. 

Medicine  charges  at  the  rate  of  25  cents  a  day  for  both  officers  and 
enlisted  men  to  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  proper  appropria- 
tions. 

725.  The  subsistence  charges  of  enlisted  men  and  the  medicine 
charges  for  officers  and  enlisted  men  will  constitute  charges  against 
funds  apportioned  under  the  subappropriation  "  General  expenses, 
equipment   and    instruction,    National   Guard"    apportionment   for 
"Equipment  and  incidental  expenses/'  to  the  militia  of  which  the 
patients  respectively  belong,  provided  sufficient  funds  remain  to  the 
credit  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  concerned,  under  such  appor- 
tionment, otherwise  from  funds  other  than  Federal. 


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EXPENSES  OF  OFFICERS  AND  NONCOMMISSIONED  OFFICERS    WHILE 

TRAVELING. 

726.  In  determining  the  payments  to  be  made  under  the  provisions 
of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  for  the  actual  and  necessary  expenses 
incurred  by  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  Regular 
Army  when  traveling  on  duty  in  connection  with  the  National 
Guard,  and  of  property  and  disbursing  officers  for  the  United  States, 
or  officers  of  the  National  Guard  (sec.  75  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916) 
when  traveling  in  the  performance  of  their  official  duties  under 
orders  issued  by  the  proper  authorities,  the  following  will  be  used 
as  a  basis  of  what  is  allowable,  the  daily  expense  to  commence  with 
the  charge  for  breakfast  and  end  with  the  charge  for  lodging. 

Fares  upon  railroads,  steamers,  or  other  usual  modes  of  convey- 
ance, including  the  actual  cost  of  transportation  of  personal  baggage 
not  in  excess  of  150  pounds  to  each  purchased  ticket  whenever  an 
extra  charge  is  made  therefor. 

Cost  of  seat  in  parlor  car,  one  double  berth  in  sleeping  car,  or 
customary  accommodations  on  steamer,  where  same  are  not  included 
in  the  travel  fare,  and  fees  to  porters  or  to  stewards,  not  to  exceed 
25  cents  for  each  12  hours  or  fraction  thereof  of  actual  travel.  Re- 
ceipts for  Pullman  travel  expenses,  where  reimbursement  for  such 
expenses  is  claimed,  must  be  furnished  as  vouchers  to  the  account 
or  explanation  submitted  as  to  the  failure  to  do  so. 

Hire  of  special  transportation,  either  by  land  or  water,  where 
there  are  no  regular  means  of  conveyance.  Ferriage,  tolls,  driver's 
service,  and  horse  keeping  when  transportation  is  hired.  Sub- 
vouchers,  properly  receipted,  will  be  required  for  these  items  when 
they  exceed  $1.  When  not  practicable  to  obtain  such  subvouchers, 
the  officer  or  noncommissioned  officer  will  so  certify. 

Transfer  coach  fare  en  route  to  and  from  depots  and  hotels,  or, 
when  there  are  no  such  conveyances,  modern  and  necessary  taxicab 
or  hack  hire  not-  to  exceed  the  authorized  local  rates,  cost  of  transfers 
of  baggage  not  to  exceed  $1  for  each  transfer,  and  fees  to  porters  for 
handling  baggage  not  to  exceed  25  cents  for  each  transfer  of  same. 
Items  of  taxicab  or  hack  hire  require  explanation  as  to  the  distance 
and  the  necessity  for  same. 

The  actual  cost  of  meals  while  traveling,  where  same  are  not 
included  in  the  travel  fare,  and  fees  to  dining-room  waiters  on  train 
or  boat  not  in  excess  of  15  cents  per  meal,  provided  the  total  charge 
for  these  items  does  not  exceed  $5  per  day.  The  actual  cost  at 
hotels  of  meals,  lodging,  baths,  and  fees  to  waiters  and  bell  boys, 
not  to  exceed  50  cents  per  day,  or  15  cents  to  waiters  for  single 
meals  at  restaurants,  and  the  actual  cost  of  laundry,  to  a  total  not 
to  exceed  $5  per  day  for  the  time  actually  and  unavoidably  consumed 
in  performing  the  travel,  the  period  to  be  determined  by  the  terms  of 


196  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

the  officer's  or  noncommissioned  officer's  orders  and  the  approved 
itinerary,  counting  from  the  day  of  departure  from  his  station  to  the 
date  of  return  thereto,  both  days  inclusive.  Sub  vouchers,  properly 
receipted,  will  be  required  for  items  of  board  and  lodging.  When 
not  practicable  to  obtain  such  subvouchers,  the  officer  or  noncom- 
missioned officer  will  so  certify.  Charges  for  baths,  where  baths  are 
not  included  in  the  charge  for  lodging,  will  in  every  instance  be 
supported  by  subvouchers. 

726J.  Expense  accounts  covering  authorized  travel  and  other  ex- 
penses incurred  by  officers  and  noncommissioned  officers  of  the  Regular 
Army  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard  will  be  forwarded  as  directed 
below : 

1.  To  the  Property  and  Disbursing  Officer  for  the  United  States  in 
the  State  in  which  detailed: 

(a)  When  traveling  in  connection  with  visits  of  instruction,   or 
inspection  and  instruction  of  units  of  the  National  Guard  for  Fed- 
eral recognition,   when  such  travel  is  entirely  within  the  State  in 
which  detailed. 

(b)  When  traveling  in  connection  with  carrying  out  the  provi- 
sions of  section  75  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916. 

(c)  For    office    rent   and   necessary    office    expenses    of   inspector- 
instructors. 

(d)  Expenses  of  sergeant-instructors  for  quarters,  fuel,  light,  medi- 
cine, and  medical  attendance. 

2.  To  the  Disbursing  Officer  on  duty  in  the  Militia  Bureau: 

(a)  When  making  inspections  in  accordance  with  section   93  of 
the  act  of  June  3,  1916. 

(b)  When  joining  at  station  for  duty. 

(c)  When  returning  to  duty  at  other  station  upon  relief  from  duty 
with  the  National  Guard. 

(d)  When  traveling  in  connection  with  camps  of  instruction. 

(e)  When  traveling  in  connection  with  inspection  of  target  ranges. 

(f)  When    traveling    in   connection   with   inspection   of   materiel, 
Field  Artillery,  Coast  Artillery,  and  Signal  Corps. 

(g)  When  traveling  in  connection  with  visits  of  instruction,   or 
inspection    and   instruction   of   units   for    federal    recognition,   when 
such  travel  is  interstate.     (Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

727.  All  items  of  actual  expense  authorized  above  are  for  travel  by 
the  shortest  usually  traveled  routes  and  at  places  named  in  the  order 
or  approved  itinerary  and  in  proceeding  from  point  to  point  in  the 
order  stated  therein.  Expenses  incurred  by  any  deviation  from  the 
itinerary  or  shortest  usually  traveled  routes  can  not  be  considered  as 
actual  and  necessary  expense  of  the  inspection.  The  officer  or  non- 
commissioned officer  will  certify  on  the  detailed  statement  that  the 


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account  is  correct  and  just  and  that  the  amounts  charged  therein 
were  actually  paid  by  him. 

728.  In  view  of  tlie  fact  that  sergeant-instructors  are  paid  commu- 
tation of  rations  at  the  rate  of  $1,60  per  day  or  53.33  cents  per  meal, 
from  Regular  Army  funds  at  all  times,  this  amount  should  be  deducted 
by  them  in  submitting  their  vouchers  for  reimbursement  of  travel 
expenses  from  National  Guard  funds  while  traveling  in  connection 
with  the  National  Guard.     (OTianges  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

729.  The  vouchers  covering  payment  will  be  accompanied  by  a 
statement,   in    duplicate,    of   the   actual    and   necessary   expenses 
incurred,  itemized  so  as  to  show  in  complete  detail  the  nature  of  the 
expense  pertaining  to  each  day  of  travel,  a  copy,  in  duplicate,  of  the 
order  directing  the  travel,  and  a  copy,  in  duplicate,  of  the  itinerary  if 
not  included  as  a  part  of  the  order. 

ORGANIZATION  FUNDS. 

730.  All  funds  (except  State  funds)  pertaining  to  National  Guard 
organizations  which  are  carried  with  the  unit  upon  induction  or  call 
into  Federal  service  will  be  taken  up  with  the  regimental  and  company 
funds,  and  thereafter  accounted  for  and  disbursed  according  to  the 
regulations  for  funds  published  in  Army  Regulations. 

731.  National  Guard  units  called  or  drafted  into  Federal  service 
are  not  authorized  to  retain  in  separate  accounts  any  organization 
funds,  whatever  their  source.    State  funds  will  be  returned  to  the  State 
authorities,  unless  written  agreements  have  been  made  with  the 
State  authorities  to  incorporate  such  funds  within  the  funds  author- 
ized by  Army  Regulations. 

PUBLIC  MONEYS. 

732.  The  use  of  moneys  for  purposes  other  than  those  for  which 
appropriated,  liquidation  of  liabilities  of  one  fiscal  year  by  use  of 
moneys  appropriated  for  another,  and  expenditures  in  a  fiscal  year 
of  any  sum  in  excess  of  appropriations  for  that  year,  or  involving  the 
Government  in  any  contract  for  future  payment  of  money  in  excess 
of  appropriations,  are  prohibited. 

733.  Funds  will  not  be  transferred  from  one  appropriation  or  ap- 
portionment for  use  of  another,  by  borrowing  or  otherwise,  except  as 
authorized  by  law. 

734.  Authorized  transfers  of  funds  to  the  credit  of  property  and 
disbursing  officers  of  the  United  States  will  be  made  on  the  books  of 
the  War  Department  on  authority  of  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau 
only  after  a  request  therefor  has  been  presented  by  the  governor  of 
the  State  or  Territory  or  the  adjutant  general  in  the  name  of  the  gov- 
ernor, or  by  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia 


NATIONAL   GUARD  REGULATIONS.  197 

Militia,  or  the  adjutant  general  in  the  name  of  the  commanding 
general,  setting  forth  in  detail  the  nece  sity  for  the  transfer. 

735.  Funds  appropriated  for  a  fiscal  year  can  not  be  utilized  for 
expenses  incurred  prior  to  or  after  the  close  of  the  fiscal  year  for  which 
the  funds  are  appropriated. 

736.  The  giving  or  taking  of  a  receipt  for  public  money  in  blank  or 
in  advance  of  actual  payment,  or  the  signing  of  a  check  for  public 
money  hi  blank,  is  prohibited. 

737.  All  funds  advanced  to  property  and  disbursing  officers  on 
approved  requisitions  are  placed  to  their  official  credit  with  the 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  and  all  such  officers'  checks  will  be 
drawn  on  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States.     All  checks  drawn  on 
the  Treasurer  are  payable  by  the  Treasury,  any  subtreasuries,  or 
active  designated  national-bank  depositaries. 

738.  Money  accounts  of  property  and  disbursing  officers  must  be 
kept  separately  under  each  bond.     When  a  new  bond  is  given,  the 
property  and  disbursing  officer  should  close  his  money  account  under 
his  former  bond  by  depositing  to  his  personal  credit  any  unexpended 
balance  remaining  to  his  official  credit,  not  represented  by  outstand- 
ing checks,  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  and 
forward  a  final  account  current  covering  the  deposit  to  the  Militia 
Bureau,  before  a  request  for  funds  is  made  under  the  new  bond,  hi 
order  that  the  liability  of  the  sureties  on  the  respective  bonds  may  be 
definitely  fixed.     (Changes  No.  1,  December  18 }  1919.) 

739.  For  the  information  of  active  designated  depositary  banks 
and  assistant  treasurers  called  upon  to  pay  checks  of  property  and 
disbursing  officers  drawn  on  the  Treasury  of  the  United  States,  each 
property  and  disbursing  officer  must  furnish  each  active  designated 
depositary  bank  or  assistant  treasurer  in  his  locality  with  his  signa- 
ture, verified  in  such  a  manner  as  the  bank  or  assistant  treasurer 
may  desire. 

740.  Whenever  any  property  and  disbursing  officer  makes  a  deposit 
to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  with  the  Treasurer, 
an  Assistant  Treasurer,  or  an  active  designated  depositary  bank,  to 
the  depositing  officer's  official  or  personal  credit,  he  must  at  once 
notify  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  of  the  fact,  on  Form  No.  93, 
Militia  Bureau,  stating  the  name  of  the  depositary,  the  amount  of 
the  deposit,   the   appropriation  and   apportionment  thereunder  to 
which  the  money  pertains,  whether  made  to  his  personal  or  official 
credit,  if  a  refundment  of  a  disallowance,  suspension,  or  an  overpay- 
ment, the  number  and  date  of  the  certificate  of  deposit,  and  the 
date  of  the  bond  under  which  the  transaction  was  made. 

741.  All  public  funds  to  the  credit  of  a  property  and  disbursing 
officer  at  the  close  of  a  fiscal  year  not  represented  by  outstanding 
checks,  except  appropriations  not  limited  to  any  fiscal  year  or  years, 


198  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

will  be  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States, 
and  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  so  advised  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions  of  paragraph  740. 

742.  Funds  deposited  to  the  officer's  official  credit  are  credited  to 
his  official  account  and  are  subject  to  his  official  check,  whereas  when 
deposited  to  his  personal  credit  the  funds  are  covered  back  into  the 
appropriation  from  which  originally  received,  and  are  not  subject  to 
his  check  until  again  placed  to  his  official  credit  on  approved  request 
from  the  governor.     All  deposits  made  to  cover  transactions  under 
an  officer's  former  bond  should  be  made  to  his  personal  credit. 

743.  For  each  deposit  made  a  certificate  of  deposit,  in  duplicate, 
will  be  issued  by  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  Assistant  Treas- 
urer, or  bank,  showing  that  the  deposit  is  to  be  placed  to  the  official 
or  personal  credit  of  the  depositing  officer  with  the  Treasurer  of  the 
United  States,  and  what  the  deposit  represents,  the  depositor  giving 
the  necessary  information  when  making  the  deposit.     The  originals 
of  all  certificates  of  deposit  are  required  by  law  to  be  forwarded  by  the 
depositaries  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  and  the  duplicate 
of  the  certificates  will  be  delivered  to  the  depositing  officer  and 
should  be  retained  by  him  for  his  future  protection. 

744.  Whoever,   being   a  property   and   disbursing   officer  of  the 
United  States,  or  a  person  acting  as  such,  shall  in  any  manner  convert 
to  his  own  use,  or  loan  with  or  without  interest,  or  deposit  in  any 
place  or  in  any  manner,  except  as  authorized  by  law,  any  public 
money  intrusted  to  him,  or  shall  for  any  purpose  not  prescribed  by 
law  withdraw  from  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States,  or  transfer, 
or  apply  any  portion  of  the  public  money  intrusted  to  him  shall  be 
deemed  guilty  of  embezzlement  of  the  money  so  converted,  loaned, 
deposited,  withdrawn,  transferred,  or  applied,  and  shall  be  fined  not 
more  than  the  amount  embezzled  or  imprisoned  not  more  than  10 
years,  or  both.     (Sec.  87,  Criminal  Code,  act  of  Mar.  4,  1909,  Stats., 
1088.) 


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745.  If  any  property  and  disbursing  officer  shall  bet  at  cards  or 
any  game  of  hazard,  the  governor  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  com- 
manding general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  will  suspend  his  func- 
tions, require  him  to  deposit  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  all 
public  funds  to  his  credit,  and  will  immediately  report  the  case  to  the 
Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 

CHECKS. 

746.  All  blank  checks  on  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  for  use 
by  property  and  disbursing  officers  are  issued  by  the  Secretary  of  the 
Treasury,  Division  of  Printing  and  Stationery,  to  whom  all  corre- 
spondence relating  thereto  should  be  addressed,  and  only  blank  checks 
thus  issued  shall  be  used  in  drawing  checks  on  the  Treasurer  of  the 
United  States. 

747.  The  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Printing  and  Stationery,  as  well  as 
others  who  may  distribute  blank  checks  to  property  and  disbursing 
officers,  shall  keep  a  complete  record  of  the  class,  numerical  symbol, 
and  serial  numbers  of  all  checks  issued  and  of  the  transfer  to  another 
property  and  disbursing  officer  or  return  to  the  issuing  office  of  unused 
checks. 

748.  A  disbursing  officer  receiving  a  supply  of  checks  shall  receipt 
for  the  same  to  the  issuing  officer,  or  to  the  Director  of  the  Bureau  of 
Engraving  and  Printing  in  case  of  a  new  issue  on  requisition.    When 
a  disbursing  officer  is  succeeded  by  another,  the  officer  relieved  shall 
transfer  his  unused  checks  to  his  successor,  retaining  for  file  with 
his   official  records  the   register  of  checks    issued.     The   successor 
shall  use  the    checks    so    transferred    by  striking   out   the  former 
officer's  numerical  symbol  and  inserting  his  own.     All  transfers  of 
checks  should  be  reported  to  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Printing 
and  Stationery  as  soon  as  accomplished,  in  order  that  the  record 
of  checks  issued  may  be  corrected.     After  a  transfer  is  made  the 
new  officer  should  immediately  insert  his  own  symbol  number  on 
all  checks  received,  and  this  symbol  number  should  not  again  be 
changed.     In  case  a  third  officer  succeeds  the  second,    all   checks 
on  hand  should  be  returned  to  the  Chief  of  the  Division  of  Print- 
ing and  Stationery  for  destruction,   and   a  new  supply   obtained. 
When  the  location  of  the  disbursing  officer  printed  at  the  head  of 
the  check  has  been  changed  once,  it  should  not  again  be  altered, 
but    the    checks    should   be   returned    for   destruction.     It    is  the 
desire  of  the  department   to  prevent  the  excessive  waste  of  dis- 
bursing officers'  checks,  but  this  is  not  to  be  accomplished  at  the 
expense  of  extensive  alteration  or  mutilation.     When  a  disbursing 
officer  leaves  the  service  permanently  and  no  successor  is  to  be 
appointed,  the  unused  checks  on  hand  should  be  returned  to  the 
Chief  of  the  Division  of  Printing  and  Stationery  for  credit. 


200  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

749.  Should  a  property  and  disbursing  officer  make  an  erasure  or 
alteration  on  any  of  his  checks,  he  shall  certify  across  the  face  of  the 
check  to  the  correctness  of  such  erasure  or  alteration. 

750.  Spoiled  or  canceled  checks  shall  be  sent  quarterly  by  each 
property  and  disbursing  officer  directly  to  the  Auditor  for  the  War 
Department,  by  whom  his   accounts  are  settled.     A  record  of  the 
date  of  cancellation  and  transmission  will  be  entered  on  the  stub. 

751.  The  greatest  care  should  be  exercised  in  safeguarding  blank 
checks.     Check  books  should  be  kept  under  lock  and  key  when  not  in 
use.     No  property  and  disbursing  officer  shall  issue  a  check  on  the 
Treasurer  of  the  United  States  until  after  he  has  ascertained  his  indi- 
vidual numerical  symbol  from  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States, 
which  numerical  symbol  shall  be  printed,  stamped,  or  written  in  the 
lower  right-hand  corner  of  each  check. 

752.  In  writing  checks  on  the  protective  surface  tinted  blanks 
furnished  by  the  Treasury  Department,  the  ordinary  typewriter  with 
plain  type  or  rubber  stamps  for  filling  in  the  names  and  amounts  on 
each  check  may  be  used  instead  of  pen  and  ink.     Only  typewriter 
record  ribbons,  writing  black  or  blue,  the  ink  of  which  must  be  heavy 
and  of  a  permanent  nature,  or  stamp  pads  inked  with  a  permanent 
black  ink,  shall  be  used  for  the  purpose.     The  date  on  the  check 
stub  or  register  of  checks  issued  will  be  the  same  as  on  the  check  to 
which  it  relates. 

753.  At  the  close  of  each  fiscal  year  all  amounts  remaining  to  a 
property  and  disbursing  officer  represented  by  checks  drawn  on  the 
Treasurer  three  or  more  years  prior  thereto  will  be  covered  into  the 
Treasury  and  there  stand  to  the  credit  of  the  payee  in  an  appropriation 
account  denominated  "  Outstanding  liabilities." 

754.  A  check  which  has  been  issued  for  a  period  longer  than  three 
full  fiscal  years  will  be  paid  only  by  the  settlement  of  an  account  in 
the  Treasury  Department.     For  this  purpose  an  officer  who  receives 
such  a  check  will  transmit  it,  through  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau, 
to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury. 

PAYMENTS. 

755.  A  property  and  disbursing  officer  will  not  pay  an  account  until 
it  is  due.     In  case  of  contracts  for  the  performance  of  services  or 
delivery  of  articles,  payment  will  not  exceed  the  value  of  services 
rendered  or  articles  actually  delivered.     An  officer,  before  making 
any  payments  whatever  from  funds  placed  to  his  official  credit,  must 
carefully  observe  all  regulations  governing  expenditures  and  money 
accountability.     The  regulations   are  binding  and  will  be  strictly 
followed  in  passing  upon  the  officer's  money  accounts. 

756.  In  making   all  payments   for  purchases   and   services   only 
official  checks  will  be  used,  payable  to  the  order  of  the  person  to  whom 


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the  money  is  due,  except  when  drawn  for  a  cash  payment,  and  on  each 
voucher  will  be  noted  the  number  of  the  check,  the  date  of  its  issue, 
the  party  in  whose  favor  the  check  is  drawn,  and  the  amount;  also  on 
the  face  of  the  check  will  be  stated  the  object  of  the  expenditure  and 
number  or  other  necessary  description  of  the  voucher.  The  state- 
ment of  purpose  must  be  made  in  brief  form,  but  must  clearly  indi- 
cate the  object  of  the  expenditure,  as,  for  instance,  "  pay,"  "  pay  roll," 
or  "payment  of  troops,"  adding  the  post  and  station,  " purchase  of 
subsistence,"  or  other  supplies,  "  purchase  of  land,  "  etc. 

757.  Checks  will  not  be  returned  to  the  drawer  after  their  pay- 
ment, but  will  be  retained  on  file  in  the  Treasury  Department.     The 
Treasury  Department,  however,  furnishes  a  monthly  statement  of 
checks  paid. 

758.  A  property  and  disbursing  officer  may  draw  his  check  in  favor 
of  himself  (1)  to  make  payments  of  amounts  not  exceeding  $20;  (2) 
to  make  payments  at  a  distance  from  a  designated  depositary  bank; 
or  (3)  to  make  payments  of  fixed  salaries  by  cash  due  at  a  certain 
period.     In  the  first  and  last-named  cases  the  check  will  be  drawn 
not  more  than  two  days  before  the  payments  become  due.     In  all 
other  cases  the  checks  will  be  drawn  only  in  favor  of  the  persons, 
firms,  or  corporations,  by  name,  to  whom  the  payments  are  to  be 
made. 

759.  Whenever  an  original  check  of  a  property  and  disbursing 
officer  is  lost,  stolen,  or  destroyed  the  owner  will  notify  the  office  on 
which  drawn  of  the  fact  of  such  loss,  and  will  file  with  the  property 
and  disbursing  officer  an  affidavit  explaining  the  loss  and  an  indem- 
nity bond  prescribed  by  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.     In  case  of  the 
loss  of  a  cheek  issued  by  a  property  and  disbursing  officer  who  is  dead 
or  no  longer  in  the  service,  the  affidavit  and  bond  of  the  owner  will  be 
sent  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury.     Full  instructions  prescribed 
by  the  Treasury  Department,  covering  duplicate  checks  and  bond  of 
indemnity  for  the  issue  of  a  duplicate  check  will  be  furnished  by  the 
Militia  Bureau  on  application. 

PURCHASES. 

760.  Property  and  disbursing  officers  are  not  authorized  to  make 
purchases  in  the  open  market  of  supplies  furnished  by  the  issuing 
bureaus  of  the  War  Department  for  use  of  the  National  Guard  ex- 
cept as  stated  in  paragraph  761 ;  such  supplies  must  in  all  cases  be 
obtained  by  requisition,  as  provided  in  paragraph  825. 

761.  An    open-market    purchase    of   supplies    or    engagement    of 
services  is  one  made  without  advertising,  and  is  authorized  in  the 
following  cases: 

(a)  In  an  emergency,  as  when  the  public  exigencies  require  imme- 
diate delivery  or  performance  and  there  is  no  time  to  advertise  by 
newspapers,  posters,  or  circulars. 


202  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

(b)  When  it  is  impracticable  to  secure  competition. 

(c)  When  proposals  have  been  invited  and  none  has  been  received. 

(d)  When  proposals   are   above   the  market  price   or   otherwise 
unreasonable. 

(e)  When  exceptional  articles  of  subsistence  stores  are  purchased. 

(/)  When  the  aggregate  amount  of  supplies  or  services  to  be  pro- 
cured does  not  exceed  $500,  as  authorized  by  act  of  Congress 
approved  June  12,  1906. 

Charges  for  freight  should  not  appear  as  a  separate  item,  but  should 
be  included  hi  the  purchase  price  of  the  article. 

762.  No  officer  disbursing  Federal  money  for  the  National  Guard 
or  directing  the  disbursement  thereof  shall  be  concerned  individually, 
directly  or  indirectly,  in  the  purchase  or  sale  of  any  article  intended 
for,  used  by,  or  pertaining  to,  the  National  Guard. 

763.  Except  for  certain  personal  services,  officers  are  not  entitled 
to  reimbursement  for  expenditures  from  their  own  private  funds 
unless  such  expenditures  are  made  under  urgent  and  unforeseen 
public  necessity.     (Comp.  Dec.,  vol.  12,  p.  308.)     Vouchers  for  reim- 
bursement for  private  funds  used  in  payment  of  public  accounts 
must  show  the  necessity  for  the  transaction  and  be  supported  by  the 
original  receipted  bills  of  those  to  whom  the  money  was  paid,  and  by 
certificate  or  affidavit,  as  the  case  may  require,  that  the  person  claim- 
ing reimbursement  had  no  personal  profit  in  the  matter. 

764.  Expenditures  for  repairs  of  wagons  or  trucks  can  be  incurred 
only  in  the  discretion  and  with  the  authority  of  the  Chief  of  the 
Militia   Bureau,    which    authorization   must   be    obtained  prior  to 
incurring  the  obligation. 

765.  Expenses  of  the  Naval  Militia  are  not  proper  charges  against 
funds  appropriated  for  the  National  Guard,  the  War  Department 
having  no  statutory  relation  with  the  Navy. 

766.  Expenses  in  connection  with  the  repair,  cleaning,  and  renova- 
tion of  articles  of  uniform  clothing  for  reissue  are  a  proper  charge 
against  the  apportionment  to  a  State  under  section  67  of  the  act  of 
June  3,  1916.     In  all  cases  where  States  desire  to  expend  funds  for 
this  purpose  application  will  be  made  to  the  War  Department  for 
authority  for  the  expenditure,  with  an  estimate  as  to  the  quantities 
of  the  various  articles  and  cost  involved. 

767.  The  cost  of  transportation  of  Federal  property  issued  by  a 
property  and  disbursing  officer  to  a  company  organization  is  properly 
chargeable  against  funds  to  the  credit  of  a  State  under  the  appropria- 
tion " Arming,  equipping,  and  training  the  National  Guard,"  subap- 
propriation  "General  expenses,  equipment  and  instruction,  National 
Guard,"  apportionment  for  " Equipment  and  incidental  expenses/7 
provided  sufficient  funds  for  the  purpose  remain  to  the  credit  of  the 
State,  otherwise  from  funds  other  than  Federal. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  KEGULATIONS.  203 

768.  The  cost  of  transportation  of  unserviceable  and  unsuitable 
property  turned  in  to  a  United  States  arsenal  or  depot  is  a  proper 
charge  against  the  appropriation  "  Arming,  equipping,  and  training 
the  National  Guard"  from  the  funds  appropriated  for  ''Transporta- 
tion of  supplies "  under  the  provisions  of  section  67  of  the  act  of 
Congress  approved  June  3,  1916. 

769.  The  cost  of  transportation  of  property  issued  to  the  National 
Guard,  when  turned  in  to  an  arsenal  or  depot  for  repair  or  replace- 
ment, must  be  paid  from  funds  apportioned  to  a  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia  under  section  67  of  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  June  3,  1916,  or  if  such  apportionment  is  insufficient  as  to 
unexpended  balance,  from  State  funds. 

UNPAID  CLAIMS. 

770.  Property  and  disbursing  officers  of  the  National  Guard  should 
settle  promptly  all  correct  and  just  claims  that  are  authorized  by  law 
which  are  outstanding  and  which  are  turned  over  by  their  predeces- 
sors, provided  the  vouchers  for  the  services  contain  certificates  that 
the  services  have  been  rendered  as  stated,  and  are  approved  by  the 
governor,  or  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State  in  the  name  of  the 
governor. 

ACCOUNTS,  ACCOUNTS  CURRENT,  AND  SETTLEMENT  OF. 

771.  Every  property  and  disbursing  officer  must  send,  by  indorse- 
ment, to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  within  20  days  following  the 
end  of  the  month  to  which  it  relates,  an  account  current  of  all  money 
received,  expended,  and  remaining  on  hand  during  the  month.     The 
actual  date  of  forwarding  the  account  should  be  stated  in  the  indorse- 
ment in  order  that  the  officials  of  the  Treasury  Department  may 
satisfy  themselves  whether  the  requirements  have  been  complied 
with.     The  establishment  of  20  days  as  the  period  allowed  to  a  prop- 
erty and  disbursing  officer  to  prepare  and  forward  his  accounts  is  a 
statutory  provision,  the  purpose  of  which  is  to  secure  the  prompt 
rendition  of  accounts  of  property  and  disbursing  officers  and  to  forbid 
the  advancing  of  money  to  those  officers  who  are  delinquent  in  for- 
warding accounts.     Any  irregularities  in  the  mail  service  or  want  of 
blank  forms  will  not  excuse  a  failure  to  comply  with  the  statutory 
provision. 

772.  The  account  current,  abstract  of  payment,  and  the  summary 
of  funds  received,  expended,  and  remaining  on  hand  will  be  made  in 
duplicate,  one  copy  of  each  to  be  retained  by  the  property  and  dis- 
bursing officer  as  his  record  of  the  financial  transactions  comprised 
therein,  and  the  other,  accompanied  by  all  vouchers,  will  be  for- 
warded to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  as  stated  above,  for  admin- 
istrative examination  and  reference  to   the  Auditor  for  the  War 


204  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

Department.  With  the  account  current  will  be  forwarded  all  orders 
or  authorities,  or  copies  thereof,  covering  the  expenditures,  and  other 
papers  upon  which  the  officer  relies  to  have  himself  relieved  from 
responsibility  for  funds  placed  to  his  credit.  All  papers  submitted 
with  the  account  current  should  be  folded  to  conform  to  the  size  of 
the  brief  fold  on  the  back  of  the  account. 

773.  The  account  current  and  abstract  of  payments  will  show 
funds  only  under  the  titles  of  the  general  appropriations  from  which 
the  funds  were  received,  but  when  there  are  two  or  more  subappro- 
priations  or  apportionments  under  any  general  appropriation  the 
total  expenditures  under  each  subappropriation  and  apportionment 
will  be  shown  separately  on  the  summary  of  funds  received,  expended, 
and  remaining  on  hand. 

774.  The  account  current  must  show,  under  debits,  the  balances ; 
by  appropriations,  on  hand  from  last  account,   together  with  all 
moneys  received  during  the  month,  with  dates  thereof  and  from  what 
source  received;  under  credits,  the  total  amounts  expended  under 
the  general  appropriations  and  the  balances  due  the  United  States, 
as  shown  in  the  certificate  on  the  account  current. 

775.  The  cash  account  on  the  reverse  of  the  account  current  is 
intended    to  show  only  cash    (currency)   received,   expended,   and 
remaining  on  hand  during  the  month.     Funds  placed  to  the  official 
credit  of  a  property  and  disbursing  officer  and  payments  made  by 
check  should  not  be  exhibited  therein.     If  there  are  no  cash  trans- 
actions during  the  month,  the  negative  character  of  the  cash  account 
should  be  indicated  by  appropriate  entry  of  its  face.     If  there  is  any 
cash  balance,  i.  e.,  currency,  in  the  hands  of  an  officer  at  the  time 
of  the  rendition  of  his  account  current,  such  cash  balance  should  be 
counted,  verified,  and  certified  to  by  a  disinterested  officer  of  the 
National  Guard  duly  ordered  to  so  act  by  the  governor  of  the  State, 
Territory,  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia 
Militia. 

776.  Accounts  current  must  be  rendered  promptly,  whether  dis- 
bursements have  been  made  or  not,  until  all  funds  remaining  to  the 
credit  of  the  officer  have  been  deposited  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer 
of  the  United  States.     Also  a  summary  of  funds  received,  expended, 
and  remaining  on  hand  must  be  furnished  each  month,  whether 
disbursements  have  been  made  or  not. 

777.  A  final  account  current  under  a  bond  must  include  all  moneys, 
by  appropriations,   to   the  credit  of  the  property  and  disbursing 
officer  and  show  the  manner  in  which  the  funds  are  finally  disposed  of. 

778.  Blank  forms  for  rendering  accounts,  abstracts  of  expendi- 
tures,  summary   of  funds   received,   expended,   and   remaining   on 
hand,  and  vouchers  to  the  account  may  be  obtained  by  requisition 
on  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  the  cost  thereof  to  be  charged 


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against   funds  under  the    appropriation  "Arming,   equipping,  and 
training  the  National  Guard. " 

779.  When  a  property  and  disbursing  officer  receives  notice  from 
the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department  of  a  disallowance  in  the  settle- 
ment of  his  accounts  he  should  submit  with  the  least  delay  practi- 
cable such  explanation  and  additional  vouchers  or  authority  as  may 
be  required.     If  the  action  of  the  Auditor  is  not  acquiesced  in,  the 
officer  may,  if  he  so  desires,  file  an  appeal  with  the  Comptroller  of 
the  Treasury.     Unless  it  is  his  intention  to  file  such  an  appeal  or  to 
submit  additional  evidence  with  a  view  to  the  removal  of  the  dis- 
allowance, he  should  promptly  concede  the  disallowance  and  deposit 
the  amount  of  the  disallowance  to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the 
United   States.     The   right   of   appeal   to   the   Comptroller   of   the 
Treasury  is  limited  to  one  year  from  the  date  of  the  disallowance. 

780.  Property  and  disbursing  officers  must  make  prompt  replies 
to  and  explanation  of  any  suspension  which  may  be  made  in  settle- 
ment of  their  accounts  by  the  Auditor  for  the  War  Department. 

781.  The  balances  acknowledged  by  the  property  and  disbursing 
officers  and  their  analysis  thereof  must  actually  represent  the  state 
of  their  business  at  the  close  of  the  last  day  on  which  the  accounts 
are  rendered.     They  must  so  order  their  business  that  they  may, 
whenever  called  upon  so  to  do,  close  immediately  their  accounts 
and  analyze  their  acknowledged  balances. 

CASHBOOK. 

782.  Every  property  and  disbursing  officer  is  required  to  keep  a 
cashbook  showing  the  amount  disbursed  under  eaeh  appropriation 
and  apportionment,  and  the  total  funds  on  hand  under  each.     Such 
cashbooks  should  be  balanced  monthly,  and  the  totals  must  agree 
with   the   account   current.     The   cashbooks   are   supplied   by   the 
Militia  Bureau,  and  each  officer  is  required  to  provide  himself  with 
one.     The  cashbook  is  the  property  of  the  Federal  Government, 
and  shall  not  be  removed  from  the  office  of  the  property  and  dis- 
bursing officer.     The  officer  to  whom  issued  will  see  that  it  is  care- 
fully preserved  as  a  part  of  the  records  of  the  Federal  Government; 
that  the  entries  are  properly  made,  and  that  the  book  is  transferred 
to  his  successor.     In  making  a  transfer  of  a  cashbook  the  officer 
should  take  a  memorandum  receipt  therefor  from  his  successor. 

783.  The  approved  method  of  using  the  cashbook  is  to  enter  only 
such  appropriation,  subappropriution,  and  apportionment  headings 
as    are    required    by    the    appropriations,    subappropriations,    and 
apportionments    being   handled    by    the    property    and    disbursing 
officer  whose  accounts  the  cashbook  carries,  and  to  provide  as  many 
debit  and  credit  columns  under  each  apportionment  heading  of  each 


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NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 


subappropriation  and  appropriation  as  there  are  fiscal  years  involved, 
the  headings  with  this  in  view  not  being  printed  in.  To  illustrate: 

(Appropriation:)  Arming,  equipping,  and  training  the  National 
Guard. 

(Subappropriation:)  General  expenses,  equipment  and  instruction, 
National  Guard. 

(Apportionment:)  Equipment  and  incidental  expenses. 


1917. 

1916. 

Dr. 

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Dr. 

Cr. 

Dr. 

Cr. 

The  headings  of  such  appropriations  and  subheadings  of  sub- 
appropriations  and  apportionments  as  are  involved  should  be  entered 
in  the  order  in  which  they  appear  in  the  analysis  of  the  appropria- 
tion. 

The  debit  column  under  each  head  of  apportionment  and  under 
miscellaneous  receipts  should  exhibit  figures  of  all  receipts  of  whatever 
character  thereunder,  and  the  corresponding  credit  column  should 
show  the  figures  of  all  disbursements,  transfers,  and  deposits  of  funds 
to  the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States. 

It  is  not  necessary  that  each  and  every  transaction  affecting 
cash  should  be  entered  separately.  Report  of  cash  sales  may  be 
carried  to  the  cashbook  on  one  line,  the  entry  in  the  column  headed 
"From  what  source,"  etc.,  reading  "Cash  sales  as  per  vouchers." 

Funds  received  should  be  entered  on  a  single  line  as  "War  War- 
rant No.  ."  In  case  of  apportionment  transfer  the  entry  may 

be  "Apportionment  transfer,  October,  19 — ,  account,"  giving  the 
date  in  date  column. 

COLLECTIONS. 

784.  Collections  on  account  of  refundments  to  cover  suspensions 
or  disallowances  in  disbursing  accounts  will  be  deposited  at  once  to 
the  credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States. 

785.  The  net  proceeds  of  a  sale  of  condemned  property,   after 
deducting  necessary   and  reasonable   expenses   of   advertising   and 
auctioneer's  fee  and  refundment  made  for  lost  property,   will  be 
forwarded  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Militia  Bureau  to  be  covered  into  the  appropriation  provided  by 
section  67  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  credited  to  the  c°Jlotment 
to  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  in  accordance 
with  section  87  of  said  act. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  207 

786.  The  net  proceeds  from   the  sale   of  Government  property 
or  refundment  for  lost  property  will  not  in  either  case  be  deposited 
by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  with  the  Treasurer  of  the 
United  States,  an  Assistant  Treasurer,  or  a  designated  depositary 
bank  to  his  official  or  personal  credit.     The  property  and  disbursing 
officer  will,  however,  record  the  transaction  on  his  money  accounts 
by  showing  under  the  debit  column  the  funds  as  received  from  the 
sale  of  Government  property  or  refundment  for  lost  property,  and 
under  the  credit  column  as  a  disbursement  on  account  of  payment 
to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  on  account  of  proceeds  from  sale 
of   Government   property   or   refundment   for  lost   property.     The 
refundment  should  be  made  by  a  State  draft  or  check  or  a  post- 
office  money  order. 

787.  For  disposition  of  funds  received  for  land  which  has  hereto- 
fore or  may  hereafter  be  acquired  by  purchase  for  a  target  range 
for  use  of  the  National  Guard  of  any  State,  Territory,  or  District  of 
Columbia,  which  has  become  useless  or  unserviceable  for  such  pur- 
pose, see  paragraph  785. 

788.  In  addition  to  the  above  a  daily  record   of   all  actual  cash 
transactions  will  be  kept  in  a  memorandum  book  or  blotter.     The 
totals  of  the  day's  transactions  should  be  entered,  using  one  line  for 
each  class  of  funds. 

789.  Property  and  disbursing  officers  who  do  not,  for  any  reason, 
receive  from  the  Treasury  Department  the  monthly  statements  in 
time  for  them  to  analyze  their  balances  as  shown  on  their  accounts 
current,  should  not  delay  the  rendition  of  their  accounts,  but  should 
compute  their  net  balances  from  their  check  stubs;  state  that  such 
balances  are  so  computed,  and  make  a  further  statement  in  explana- 
tion that  the  balances  have  been  computed  from  check  stubs  for  the 
reason  that  no  monthly  statement  has  been  received  from  the  Treas- 
ury Department. 

790.  All  transactions  coming  within  the  time  covered  by  an  account 
current  shall  be  reported  therein.     No  payment  or  collections  not 
actually  made  during  the  period  of  an  account  shall  be  indicated 
therein.     When  a  fraction  of  a  cent  less  than  one-half  occurs  in 
the  footing  of  a  voucher  it  will  be  disregarded.     If  the  fraction  be 
one-half  or  greater  it  will  be  reckoned  as  a  cent. 

VOUCHERS. 

791.  Only  one  copy  of  a  voucher,  the  original,  shall  contain  signed 
certification,   approval,   and  receipt;   duplicate  or  triplicate  copies 
of  vouchers  should  be  initialed  only.     The  original  voucher  will  be 
sent  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  for  transmission  to  the  Auditor 
for  the  War  Department. 

792.  Original  vouchers  will,  if  possible,  accompany  the  account 
current;  if  subsequently  rendered,  suitable  explanation  will  be  made; 


208  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

copies  will  not  be  accepted  unless  duly  certified  and  accompanied 
by  satisfactory  evidence  of  the  loss  or  destruction  of  the  originals. 

793.  Vouchers  written  in  pencil,  unless  of  an  indelible  character, 
will  not  be  accepted.     Vouchers  which  show  erasures  will  not  be 
accepted  unless  accompanied  by  a  statement  explaining  the  erasure. 

794.  When  more  than  one  article  of  the  same  kind  and  quality 
is  listed  on  a  voucher  the  unit  price  must  be  shown. 

795.  A  signature  on  a  voucher  by  mark  must  be  witnessed  by  a 
disinterested  person  with  his  address. 

796.  Vouchers  should  be  numbered  consecutively  and  so  recorded 
on  the  abstract  of  payments.     Such  numbers  should  not  be  repeated 
during  any  fiscal  year. 

797.  Vouchers    for    purchases    or    services    other    than    personal 
should  show  in  brief  on  the  first  fold  of  the  form  whether  the  pur- 
chases were  made  or  the  services  engaged  without  advertisement 
or  after  advertising.     In  the  latter  case  it  should  be  stated  whether 
the  advertisement  was  in  a  newspaper,  by  posters,  or  by  circular 
letters.     The  voucher  should  show  also  what  particular  form  of 
agreement  was   entered  into — whether  verbal,   written,   or  formal 
contract.     In  case  it  be  a  formal  written  contract,  it  should  be  made 
in  triplicate,  one  copy  to  be  retained  by  the  property  and  disbursing 
officer,  one  by  the  party  from  whom  the  purchases  were  made  or  the 
services  engaged,  and  one  sent  to  the  War  Department  with  the 
account  current.     Each  voucher  should  be  accompanied  by  a  copy 
of  the  public  notice  which  solicited  the  bids  (newspaper  clipping, 
poster,   or  circular  letter),  the  accepted  bid,   a  copy  of  the  letter 
accepting  the  bid,  and  a  certificate  that  the  award  was  made  to 
the  lowest  responsible  bidder. 

798.  Section  3709  of  the  Revised  Statutes,  regarding  advertising 
for  purchases  and  services  other  than  personal,  exempts  only  from 
its  operation  the  engagement  of  services  or  purchases  of  supplies 
when  immediate  performance  or  delivery  is  required  by  the  public 
exigency.     Property  and  disbursing  officers  must  not  fail  to  solicit 
competition  whenever  possible. 

799.  All  vouchers  for  personal  services  and  purchases  or  services 
other  than  personal  must  be  entered  separately  on  the  abstract  of 
expenditures  and  the  aggregate  amount  of  such  expenditures,  by 
appropriations,  entered  on  the  face  of  the  account  current  under  the 
separate    appropriations.     All    warrants    and    deposits    should    be 
entered  separately  on  the  face  of  the  account  current  under  the  ap- 
propriations to  which  they  pertain. 

800.  Every  voucher  in  support  of  a  payment  for  supplies  or  for 
services  will  be  made  out  in  favor  of  the  creditor,  giving  his  address, 
and  will  show  (if  for  supplies  furnished)  the  date  of  the  purchase 
(or  the  order  number),  the  quantity  and  price  of  each  article,  and 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  209 

the  amount  of,  (if  for  services)  the  character  of  the  services,  the 
date  or  dates  on  which  they  were  rendered,  and  the  amount.  When 
a  purchase  is  made  as  a  result  of  a  written  proposal  and  a  written 
acceptance,  the  voucher  (if  there  be  only  one)  will  be  accompanied 
by  a  copy  of  the  public  notice,  the  accepted  bid,  and  a  copy  of  the 
letter  accepting  the  bid,  and  will  contain  a  certificate  showing  that 
the  procurement  of  the  articles  or  service  was  made  in  the  manner 
indicated  thereon;  if  two  or  more  vouchers  are  made,  the  papers 
required  will  be  filed  with  the  first  voucher  paid  and  reference  thereto 
made  on  the  other  vouchers.  A  voucher  for  services  rendered  by 
the  day  or  month  will  show  the  character  of  the  service,  the  inclu- 
sive dates  thereof,  the  time  for  which  payment  is  made,  the  rate  of  pay, 
and  the  amount.  The  certificate  of  a  creditor  to  a  voucher  for  sup- 
plies  furnished  or  for  services  rendered  will  contain  the  words  "I 
certify  that  the  above  bill  is  correct  and  just  and  that  payment 
therefor  has  not  been  received." 

801.  Vouchers  for  supplies  or  for  services  other  than  by  the  day 
or  month  submitted  in  support  of  payments  for  all  work  authorized 
may,  if  desired,  be  accompanied  by  the  original  bills  submitted  by 
the  creditor  and  dated  and  signed  by  him  or  by  his  authorized  repre- 
sentative, and  vouchers  with  such  bills  attached  will  be  made  out 
hi  favor  of  the  creditor,  giving  his  address,  and  stating  the  account  in 
general  terms,  with  the  aggregate  amount  only  extended,  and  the 
words  "as  per  bill  hereto  attached,"  or  words  of  like  import  added. 
The  certificate  of  a  creditor  to  a  voucher  for  supplies  furnished  or 
services  rendered  will  contain  the  words  "I  certify  that  the  foregoing 
account  is  correct  and  just  and  that  payment  therefor  has  not  been 
received." 

When  desirable,  the  creditor  may  place  the  foregoing  certificate 
upon  the  original  bill,  and  when  so  placed  the  certificate  upon  the 
voucher  need  not  be  signed,  provided  that  the  bill  be  attached  to 
and  made  a  part  of  the  voucher  before  the  same  is  signed  by  the 
property  and  disbursing  officer. 

802.  Vouchers  must  be  stated  in  the  name  of  the  corporation, 
company,  firm,  or  person  rendering  the  service  or  furnishing  the 
articles  for  which  payment  is  made. 

803.  Payment  with  currency  will  not  be  made  to  the  holder  of  a 
power  of  attorney  or  to  a  holder  of  an  instrument  operating  as  a 
transfer  or  an  assignment.     Such  payments  will  be  made  by  check 
payable  to  the  creditor. 

804.  If  payment  with  currency  is  made  to  an  incorporated  or  to 
an  unincorporated  company,  the  money  will  be  delivered  to  and  the 
voucher  certified  and  receipted  by  a  duly  authorized  officer  or  agent 
of  the  company;  the  certificate  and  receipt  to  be  signed  with  the 

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210  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

company  name,  followed  by  the  autograph  signature  of  the  officer, 
with  his  title,  or  of  the  agent  to  whom  the  money  was  delivered,  and 
the  receipted  voucher  will  be  accompanied  by  evidence  showing  his 
authority.  This  evidence  will  consist  of  extracts  from  the  articles 
of  incorporation  or  association,  the  by-laws,  or  the  minutes  of  the 
board  of  directors,  duly  certified  by  the  custodian  of  such  records 
(under  the  company  seal,  if  there  be  one),  showing  that  the  signer 
is  properly  vested  with  authority  to  receive  and  receipt  for  money  due 
to  the  company. 

805.  If  payment  of  currency  is  made  to  an  individual  or  to  a 
copartnership  doing  business  under  a  company  title,  the  certificate 
and  receipt  will  be  signed  with  the  company  name,  followed  by  the 
autograph  signature  of  the  individual  proprietor  or  of  one  of  the 
members  of  the  fiijm,  with  the  w^ords  " proprietor"  or  "  one  of  the 
proprietors"  affixed  thereto. 

806.  If  payment  with  currency  is  made  to  a  copartnership  doing 
business  as  such,  the  certificate  and  receipt  will  be  signed  with  the 
firm's  usual  signature  by  one  of  the  members  of  the  firm,  who  will 
be  required  to  affix  his  own  signature  as  "one  of  the  firm." 

807.  If  payment  with  currency  is  made  to  an  individual  creditor, 
the  certificate  and  receipt  will  be  signed  by  him  in  person. 

808.  In  payments  made  by  check  to  the  order  of  any  company  (in- 
corporated or  unincorporated)  or  firm  or  individual  by  name,  the 
fact  that  the  check  has  been  so  drawn  should  be  stated  on  the  voucher, 
giving  the  number,  date,  and  amount,  and  the  certificate   to  the 
voucher  may  be  signed  by  an  officer,  attorney,  or  agent  of  the  com- 
pany, or  by  an  attorney  or  agent  of  the  firm  or  individual,  stating 
the  capacity  in  which  he  signs,  without  filing  with  the  voucher  evi- 
dence of  his  authority  to  sign.     The  property  and  disbursing  officer 
in  all  such  cases  will  deliver  the  check  to  such  person  only  as  he  is 
satisfied  is  authorized  by  the  principal  to  certify  to  the  voucher  and 
receive  the  check. 

809.  Receipts  for  small  sums  paid  with  currency  to  a  corporation, 
such  as  a  railroad,  telegraph,  turnpike,  transfer,  express,  steamboat, 
hotel,  newspaper,  or  ice  company,  for  an  occasional  service  rendered, 
may  be  signed  and  the  vouchers  certified  by  the  local  agent  in  charge 
of  the  business  of  the  company  at  the  place  where  the  service  is 
rendered  or  where  it  begins  or  terminates,  and  the  certificate  of  the 
officer  who  made  the  payment  that  the  person  to  whom  payment  was 
thus  made  was  then  the  local  agent  of  the  company  in  charge  of  its 
business  at  the  place  designated  will  be  sufficient  evidence  of  the 
agent's  authority  to  certify  to  the  vouchers  and  to  receipt  for  the 
money  paid. 

810.  When  an  account  is  presented  by  an  individual  who  is  not 
known  to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer,  the  latter  will  require 
him  to  be  identified. 


NATIONAL   GUARD  REGULATIONS.  211 

811.  The  form  of  the  signature  to  the  certificate,  and  to  the  receipt 
when  required,  and  the  name  of  the  person  or  business  firm  as  entered 
at  the  head  of  an  account  must  be  literally  alike. 

812.  Property  and  disbursing  officers  will  not  issue  vouchers  for 
unpaid  accounts  as  due  bills  against  the  United  States,  but  certified 
statement  of  personal  services  and  of  wages  due  may  be  given  to  a 
discharged  employee  who  for  want  of  funds  was  not  paid  at  time  of 
discharge. 

813.  When  applicable,  the  following  rules  for  the  computation  of 
time  in  payment  for  services  will  be  observed : 

For  any  full  calendar  month's  service,  at  a  stipulated  monthly 
rate  of  compensation,  payment  will  be  made  at  such  stipulated  rate 
without  regard  to  the  number  of  days  in  that  month. 

When  service  commences  on  an  intermediate  day  of  the  month, 
30  days  will  be  assumed  as  the  length  of  the  month,  whatever  be  the 
number  of  days  therein. 

When  the  service  terminates  on  an  intermediate  day  of  the  month, 
the  actual  number  of  days  during  which  service  was  rendered  in  that 
calendar  month  will  be  allowed. 

Where  compensation  of  any  person  in  the  service  of  the  United 
States  is  on  an  annual  or  monthly  basis,  that  for  the  purpose  of 
fixing  pay  due,  all  months  in  the  year  shall  be  reckoned  as  containing 
30  days  and  that  all  persons  entering  the  service  of  the  United  States 
during  a  31 -day  month  and  serving  until  the  end  thereof  shall  be 
entitled  to  pay  for  that  month  from  the  date  of  entry  until  the  30th 
day  of  said  month,  both  days  inclusive,  thus  excluding  the  31st  day 
of  any  calendar  month  from  the  compensation.  (Act  of  June  30, 
1906;~  34  Stats.,  763.) 

When  the  service  embraces  two  or  more  months  or  parts  of  months 
but  one  fraction  will  be  made,  thus:  From  September  21  to  Novem- 
ber 25,  inclusive,  will  be  calculated — September  21  to  October  20, 
inclusive,  one  month;  from  October  21  to  November  20,  inclusive, 
one  month;  from  November  21  to  25,  inclusive,  five  days,  making 
the  time  allowed  two  months  and  five  days. 

When  two  fractions  of  months  occur  and  both  are  less  than  a 
whole  month,  as  from  August  21  to  September  10,  the  time  will  be 
determined  thus:  August  21  to  30,  inclusive  (ignoring  the  31st),  10 
days;  from  September  1  to  10,  inclusive,  10  days;  making  the  time 
allowed  20  days. 

Services  commencing  in  February  will  be  calculated  as  though  the 
month  contained  30  days,  thus:  From  February  21  to  28  (or  29), 
inclusive,  10  days.  When  the  service  commences  on  the  28th  day 
of  that  month,  3  days  will  be  allowed,  and  if  on  the  29th,  2  days. 

If  service  commences  on  the  31st  day  of  the  month,  payment  will 
not  be  made  for  that  day. 


212  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

For  commutation  of  subsistence  and  for  services  of  persons  em- 
ployed at  a  per  diem  rate,  payment  will  be  made  for  the  actual 
number  of  days  such  services  were  rendered. 

When  services  are  rendered  from  one  given  date  to  another,  the 
account  will  state  clearly  whether  both  dates  are  included. 

In  computing  the  wages  of  persons  employed  at  a  per  diem  allow- 
ance, the  day  on  which  service  begins  and  the  day  on  which  it  ends 
will  be  allowed  in  the  computation. 

Unauthorized  absence  on  the  31st  day  of  a  month  results  in  the 
loss  of  one  day's  pay. 

SETTLEMENT   WITH  HEIRS,  ETC. 

814.  Property  and  disbursing  officers  of  the  National  Guard  will 
not  settle  with  heirs,  executors,  or  administrators,  except  by  authority 
of  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  and  upon  accounts  that  have  been 
duly  audited  and  certified  by  the  proper  accounting  officers  of  the 
Treasury. 

CLOSING   OF  ACCOUNTS. 

815.  If  a  property  and  disbursing  officer  desires  to  close  his  accounts 
with  the  Treasury,  so  much  of  the  funds  remaining  to  his  credit  as 
are  not  represented  by  outstanding  checks  must  be  deposited  to  the 
credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  to  the  officer's  personal 
credit,  and  a  final  account  current  covering  the  deposit  be  forwarded 
to  the  Militia  Bureau.     Funds  so  deposited  are  covered  back  to  the 
appropriation  from  which  received.     (Changes  No.  1,  December  18, 
1919.) 

When  an  officer  ceases  to  act  as  property  and  disbursing  officer, 
or  for  any  reason  closes  his  accounts,  he  will  prepare  a  closing  state- 
ment of  his  money  accounts  from  date  of  last  inspection  to  and 
including  the  date  of  the  closing  of  his  accounts,  with  a  separate  list 
of  outstanding  checks.  He  will  forward  the  statement  and  lists  of 
checks  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  through  the  adjutant 
general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  for  the 
usual  action. 

816.  When  a  property  and  disbursing  officer  is  relieved  from  duty 
as  such  he  will  certify  outstanding  debts,  if  any,  to  his  successor, 
and  transmit  a  list  of  the  same  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 

817.  Should  a  property  and  disbursing  officer  die  while  serving  as 
such,  the  Secretary  of  War  will,  upon  request  of  the  governor  of  the 
State  or  Territory,  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of 
Columbia  Militia,   addressed   to   the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau, 
recommend  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  to  cause  so  much  of 
the  money  remaining  to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer's  credit 
as  is  not  represented  by  outstanding  checks,  to  be  deposited  to  the 
credit  of  the  Treasurer  of  the  United  States  to  be  covered  into  the, 
appropriation  from  which  received. 


NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  213 

818.  A  property  and  disbursing  officer  who  ceases  to  act  as  such 
will  at  once  inform  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  what  checks  drawn 
against  public  funds  to  his  credit,  if  any,  are  still  outstanding  and 
unpaid. 

819.  In  case  of  death,  resignation,  or  removal  of  a  property  and 
disbursing  officer,  checks  previously  drawn  by  him  will  be  paid  from 
funds  to  his  credit,  unless  such  checks  have  been  drawn  more  than 
four  months  before  their  presentations  or  reasons  exist  for  suspecting 
fraud.     Any  check  drawn  by  him  and  not  presented  for  payment 
within  four  months  of  its  date  will  not  be  paid  until  its  correctness 
shall  have  been  attested  by  the  Comptroller  of  the  Treasury  or  his 
chief  clerk.     A  check  which  has  been  issued  for  a  period  longer  than 
three  full  fiscal  years  will  be  paid  only  by  settlement  of  an  account 
in  the  Treasury  Department.     A  check  which  has  been  drawn  by  a 
property  and   disbursing  officer  still  acting  in  that  capacity,   and 
dated  within  three  full  fiscal  years  from  the  date  of  presentation  for 
payment,  will  be  paid  in  the  usual  manner  from  funds  to  the  credit 
of  the  drawer. 

820.  Section  5  of  the  act  making  appropriations  for  sundry  civil 
expenses  of  the  Government  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  1917, 
requires  that  report  of  checks  drawn  by  any  disbursing  officer  of  the 
Government  which  shall  have  been  outstanding  and  unpaid  for  three 
years  or  more  will  be  rendered  by  each  Auditor  of  the  Treasury  in 
lieu  of  the  returns  required  of  disbursing  officers  by  section  310  of 
the  Revised  Statutes. 


AKTICLE  XVI. 

FEDERAL  PROPERTY. 
REQUISITIONS  AND  ISSUES. 

821.  The  appropriation  provided  under  section  67  of  the  act  of 
Congress  approved  June  3,  1916,  and  apportioned  annually  to  the 
several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  may  be 
used  to  acquire  arms,  ordnance  stores,  quartermaster  stores,  camp 
equipage,  and  all  other  military  supplies  for  issue  to  the  National 
Guard  of  the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia. 
Requisitions  for  supplies  will  be  submitted  in  quadruplicate  on  P. 
S.  Form  No.  160  by  the  governors  of  the  several  States,  Territories, 
and  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  or 
by  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  designated  by  the  governor  or  the  commanding 
general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia  to  make  requisitions  for 
stores  in  his  name.     The  officer  so  designated  should  be  the  property 
and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  in  the  State,  Territory, 
or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

822.  United  States  service  arms  with  all  accessories,  field  artillery 
materiel,   engineer,   coast   artillery,   signal,   and  sanitary  materiel, 
accouterments,    field    uniforms,    clothing,    equipage,    publications, 
and  military  stores  of  all  kinds,  and  public  animals,  as  are  necessary 
to  arm,  uniform,  and  equip  for  field  service  the  National  Guard  of 
the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  can  be 
acquired  under  section  83  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3, 
1916.     Requisitions  for  supplies  to  be  issued  as  a  charge  against 
this  appropriation  will  be  submitted  in  triplicate  by  the  governors  of 
the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  commanding  general  of  the 
National  Guard  of  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  by  an  officer  of  the 
National  Guard  of  a  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  desig- 
nated by  the  Governor  or  the  commanding  general  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  District  of  Columbia  to  make  requisitions  for  stores 
in  his  name.     The  officer  so  designated  should  be  the  property  and 
disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  in  the  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia. 

823.  Whenever  it  shall  be  shown  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Sec- 
retary of  War  that  the  National  Guard  of  any  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia  is  properly  organized,  armed,  and  equipped 
for  field  service,  the  funds  annually  apportioned  to  a  State,  Terri- 
tory, or  the  District  of  Columbia  from  the  appropriation  provided 
for  under  section  83  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916, 

214 


NATIONAL,  GUAKD  REGULATIONS.  215 

may  be  used  for  obtaining  on  requisition,  as  set  forth  in  paragraph 
825,  any  article  issued  by  any  of  the  supply  departments  of  the 
Army. 

824.  United  States  property  may  be  obtained  by  the  National 
Guard  of  the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
in  any  one  of  the  following  ways : 

(a)  By  issue  by  the  War  Department,  the  cost  thereof  to  be 
charged  against  the  annual  apportionment  to  the  State,  Territory, 
or  the  District  of  Columbia,  made  from  the  appropriation  provided 
for  under  section  67  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916. 

(6)  By  issue  by  the  War  Department,  the  cost  thereof  to  be 
charged  against  the  annual  apportionment  to  the  State,  Territory, 
or  the  District  of  Columbia,  made  from  the  appropriation  provided 
for  under  section  83  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916. 

(c)  By  issue  by   the  War  Department  without   charge   against 
militia  or  National  Guard  appropriations,  if  such  special  authoriza- 
tion be  provided  by  Congress. 

(d)  Field  artillery  equipment,  by  issue  by  the  War  Department, 
the  cost  thereof  to  be  charged  against  such  special  appropriations  as 
are  made  by  Congress  for  such  purposes  from  time  to  time. 

(e)  By  purchase  by  the  State  from  its  own  funds  pursuant  to  the 
authority  granted  in  section  86  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved 
June   3,    1916.     (See   par.   833.)     With   the   exception   of   the  last 
method  indicated   the  property  will  remain   the   property  of  the 
United  States  and  must  be  accounted  for  to  the  War  Department  by 
the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  in  each 
State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia. 

825.  Requisitions   for   ordnance    and    ordnance   stores,    quarter- 
master supplies,   signal  equipment  and  stores,   engineer  property, 
medical  property  and  stores,  equipment  for  military  aeronautics, 
motor  transportation,  and  for  such  forms  as  are  for  use  in  connec- 
tion with  property  accounting,  will  be  submitted  on  form  Purchase 
and  Storage  No.  160. 

826.  Requisitions  will  contain  the  following: 

(a)  Complete  shipping  address  of  the  officer  to  whom  the  property 
is  to  be  shipped. 

(b)  The  following  certificate  signed  by  the  governor  of  the   State, 
Territory,  or  the  commanding  general  of   the  District  of  Columbia 
Militia,  or  the  officer  for  the  United  States  designated  to  make  requi- 
sitions for  stores  in  the  name  of  such  governor  or  the  commanding 
general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia: 

I  certify  that  the  articles  enumerated  hereinbefore  are  required  by  the  National 

Guard  of  the of ,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  19 — , 

under   (designating  the  appropriation),  and  that  the   of 

has  adequate  and  suitable  storage  facilities  for  the  safe-keeping  and 

preservation  of  the  property. 


216  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

827.  Separate  requisitions  will  be  submitted  for  each  class  of  sup- 
plies required  for,  i.  e. — 

Ordnance  and  ordnance  stores.     (See  pars.  829  and  830.) 
Quartermaster  supplies. 
Signal  equipment  and  stores. 
Engineer  property. 
Medical  property  and  stores. 

Equipment  and  supplies  for  military  aeronautics. 
Motor  transport  equipment  and  supplies. 
Publications. 

Blank  forms  (separate  for  each  department  or  bureau  from  which 
issued). 

828.  In  no  case  can  any  one  requisition  call  for  supplies,  equip- 
ment, or  stores  issued  by  different  supply  departments.     Requisi- 
tions of  this  character  will  be  returned  to  the  State  concerned  to  be 
prepared  as  required  by  these  regulations. 

829.  Attention  is  invited  to  the  following  extracts  from  Supply 
Circular  No.  29,  War  Department,  Purchase,  Storage,  and  Traffic 
Division,  General  Staff,  April  8,  1918: 

2.  (a)  In  accordance  with  the  terms  of  Supply  Circulars  Nos.  80  and  109,  that  part 
of  the  Ordnance  Department  having  to  do  with  the  *  *  *  issue  of  the  following 
ordnance  material  is  hereby  transferred  to  the  office  of  the  Director  of  Purchase  and 
Storage: 

Pack  equipment. 

Artillery  and  machine  gun  harness. 

Personal,  horse,  and  mess  equipment  for  officers  and  enlisted  men. 

Intrenching  tools. 

Fencing  equipment. 

Marksmanship  insignia. 

Marking  outfits  and  stencils. 

Blacksmiths',  saddlers',  and  carpenters'  tools. 

Troop  panniers  with  contents. 

Equipment  repair  trucks  or  similar  trucks. 

Cleaning  and  preserving  supplies,  including  all  oils  and  paints. 

All  spare  parts  and  material  necessary  for  the  maintenance  and  repair  of  the 

above. 

(6)  The  Ordnance  Department  will  continue  to  be  responsible  until  further  notice 
for  the  *  *  *  issue  of  the  following  ordnance  material: 

All  artillery,  including  special  artillery  vehicles,  tanks,  and  tractors. 

All  ammunition  and  its  components. 

All  pyrotechnics  and  rifle  and  hand  grenades. 

All  special  ordnance  repair  trucks  except  equipment  repair  trucks  and 
similar  trucks. 

All  fire-control  instruments  and  sights  for  artillery  and  machine  guns. 

Machine  guns  and  automatic  rifles. 

Rifles,  pistols,  revolvers,  shotguns,  and  all  other  small  arms. 

Bayonets,  bolos,  sabers,  and  all  other  hand  arms. 

Arm  chests  and  arm  racks. 

Range-finding  instruments. 


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Targets  and  target  material. 

Decapping  and  cleaning  tools  for  small-arm  cartridges. 

All  tools  for  repair  of  small  arms  and  machine  guns,  including  arm  repair 

chests  with  contents,  armorers'  tool  chests  with  contents,  tool  rolls  and 

pistol  cleaning  "kits. 
All  tools,  equipment,  and  spare  parts,  and  publications  and  blank  forms 

pertaining  to  the  above. 

830.  In  view  of  the  above,  separate  requisitions  will,  in  the  future, 
be  made  by  the  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  for 
any  of  the  ordnance  equipment  listed  in  subparagraph  (a)  of  the 
above  quotation  from  Supply  Circular  29,  from  those  listed  in  sub- 
paragraph  (6)  in  order  that,  upon  approval  by  the  Militia  Bureau, 
such  requisitions  may  be  forwarded  to  the  respective  supply  sources. 

831.  Issues  are  limited  to  the  standard  adopted  types  and  models 
used   in   the   regular   service.     Experimental   or  provisional   arms, 
equipments,  or  stores  will  not  be  issued. 

832.  It  is  contrary  to  the  proper  relation  between  the  War  Depart- 
ment and  the  States,  as  well  as  violation  of  law,  to  issue  stores  where 
no  adequate  provision  has  been  made  by  the  State  to  protect  them 
from  deterioration  through  the  action  of  the  elements  or  from  loss 
or  damage  through  theft  or  fire.     No  field  artillery  materiel  will  be 
issued  for  the  use  of  any  field  battery  unless  it  is  clearly  shown  by  the 
State  authorities  that  adequate  armory  facilities,  both  for  instruc- 
tional purposes  and  for  safeguarding  the  materiel,  have  been  furnished, 
and  that  a  competent  caretaker,  who  shall  be  a  mechanic,  is  employed 
to  take  care  of  the  materiel. 

CASH  PURCHASES. 

833.  Under  the  provisions  of  section  86  of  the  act  of  Congress 
approved  June  3,  1916,  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia may,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  purchase  from 
the  War  Department  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard  of  such  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  including  the  officers  thereof, 
any  stores,  supplies,  material  of  war,  and  military  publications  fur- 
nished to  the  Army  at  the  prices  at  which  they  shall  be  listed  to  the 
Army,  with  cost  of  transportation  added.     The  law  further  provide? 
that  articles  so  purchased  may,  in  time  of  actual  or  threatened  war, 
be  requisitioned  by  the  United  States,  and  when  so  requisitioned  and 
delivered  credit  for  the  ultimate  return  of  such  property  in  kind 
shall  be  allowed  to  such  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 
Requests  for  the  purchase  of  supplies  authorized  by  law  to  be  sold 
to  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  will  be  made  in 
triplicate  on  a  blank  form  furnished  by  the  Militia  Bureau  for  this 
purpose,   and  when  so  obtained  will  become  the  property  of  the 
State;  but,  as  by  the  terms  of  this  purchase  they  are  subject  to  requi- 


218  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

sition  by  the  United  States  in  case  of  actual  or  threatened  war,  such 
articles  are  not  to  be  disposed  of  by  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  except  by  loss,  destruction,  or  by  fair  wear  and  tear  in 
service;  and  when  so  lost  or  destroyed  or  worn  out  by  fair  wear  and 
tear  in  service  the  War  Department  will  be  so  notified.  A  report 
will  be  rendered  on  December  31  of  each  year,  giving  a  list  of  the 
property  so  purchased  and  remaining  on  hand. 

834.  Requisitions  for  cash  purchases  will  contain  the  following: 
(a)  Complete  shipping  address  of  the  officer  to  whom  the  property 

is  to  be  shipped. 

(6)  A  certificate  signed  by  the  governor  of  the  State,  Territory,  or 
the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  as 
follows: 

I  certify  that  the  articles  requested  hereon  are  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard  of 

the of ;  that  it  is  clearly  understood  that  these  articles  are 

subject  to  requisition  by  the  United  States  for  use  in  the  military  service  thereof;  that 

these  articles  will  remain  the  property  of  the of ,  and  will 

not  be  disposed  of  in  any  manner  whatsoever  except  by  loss,  destruction,  or  fair  wear 
and  tear  in  the  military  service;  and  when  so  lost,  destroyed,  or  worn  out  by  fair  wear 
and  tear  in  the  military  service,  that  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  will  be  so  notified. 

835.  When  supplies  other  than  ordnance  are  purchased  as  author- 
ized by  section  86  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916,  check 
or  postal  money  order  to  the  value  of  the  stores  so  purchased  shall 
be  drawn  to  the  order  of  "The  Director  of  Purchase  and  Storage." 

836.  Requisitions   for   the   purchase   of   ordnance   and   ordnance 
stores  should  describe  the  articles  desired  in  accordance  with  the 
nomenclature  established  in  the  price  lists  issued  by  the  Ordnance 
Department. 

837.  Remittances  in  payment  for  articles  of  ordnance  property 
should  be  by  draft  made  payable  to  the  order  of  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  arsenal  making  the  sale  and  be  drawn  on  a  national 
bank  located  conveniently  for  purposes  of  collection.     When  a  dif- 
ferent description  of  articles,  or  a  different  method  of  remitting  funds, 
is  followed,  delay  may  result  in  shipment  of  the  articles  purchased. 

838.  When  application  is  made  to  the  War  Department  for  the 
purchase  of  ordnance  property  it  is  preferable  to  postpone  the  mak- 
ing of  remittances  until  notification  of  the  amount  due  is  received 

c"5 

by  the  purchaser  from  the  commanding  officer  of  the  arsenal  who 
may  be  authorized  to  make  the  sale.  On  the  receipt  of  the  notifica- 
tion, remittances  will  be  made  by  the  method  indicated  in  the  pre- 
ceding paragraph. 

839.  When  troops  of  the  National  Guard  are  engaged  in  joint 
maneuvers  or  field  exercises  for  instruction  with  regular  troops,  the 
Secretary  of  War  will,  on  application  therefor,  grant  authority  for 
the  sale  for  cash  to  the  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Co- 


NATIONAL   GUARD  REGULATIONS.  219 

lumbia,  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard  thereof,  of  any  articles  of 
subsistence  stores  that  are  kept  on  hand  for  sale  to  the  Regular  Army. 

840.  United  States  property  can  not  be  sold  by  the  War  Depart- 
ment to  individual  members  of  the  National  Guard,  either  directly 
or  through  the  military  authorities  of  the  State.     Under  the  provi- 
sions of  section  86  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916,  any 
State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  may,  as  indicated  in 
paragraph  833,  with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  purchase 
for  cash  from  the  War  Department,  for  use  of  the  National  Guard, 
including  the  officers  thereof,  any  stores,  supplies,  material  of  war, 
and  military  publications  such  as  are  furnished  to  the  Army.     Arti- 
cles so  purchased  become  the  property  of  the  State,  but  the  State, 
under  the  terms  of  the  purchase,  can  not  dispose  of  them  by  sale  to 
individuals,  as  the  United  States,  under  the  terms  of  the  sale,  has  a 
lien  on  them  for  use  by  requisition  in  case  of  emergency.     Articles 
purchased  under  the  law  may  be  issued  to  officers  of  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State  for  their  use  in  the  military  service,  but  the  State 
can  not  transfer  its  title  to  them. 

ACCOUNTABILITY. 

841.  All  military  property  issued  to  the  National  Guard  as  pro- 
vided by  law  remains  the  property  of  the  United  States. 

842.  United  States  property  issued  to  a  State,  Territory,  or  the 
District  of  Columbia  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard  thereof  can 
not  be  loaned  or  used  for  any  purpose  other  than  that  for  which 
issued. 

843.  Accountability  devolves  upon  any  person  to  whom  United 
States  property  is  intrusted  and  who  carries  such  property  in  stock 
for  issue.     Responsibility  without  accountability  devolves  upon  any 
person  to  whom  such  property  is  intrusted  for  use  by  him  or  his 
organization    or    detachment.     An    accountable    officer   is    relieved 
from  responsibility  for  property  when  he  issues  same  upon  proper 
requisition.     A  responsible  officer  is  not  relieved  from  responsibility 
for  property  which  has  been  issued  to  him  until  he  has  returned  the 
property  to  the  issuing  officer,  or  has  been  relieved  from  responsibility 
by  transfer  of  property  to  his  successor,  or  by  approved  survey  pro- 
ceedings  or   other   prescribed   methods   for   release   from   property 
responsibility. 

844.  All  United  States  property  must  be  accounted  for  on  pre- 
scribed forms  and  records.     All  United  States  property  unaccounted 
for  to  the  War  Department  will  .when  discovered  be  taken  up  and 
accounted  for  by  the  proper  accounting  officer.     When  discovered 
by  officers  not  accountable  for  property  or  by  enlisted  men  or  civilian 
employees,  they  shall  report  the  same  as  soon  as  practicable  to  the 
accountable  officer,  who  will  take  it  up  and  account  for  it.     When 


220  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

for  any  reason  the  accountable  officer  can  not  be  communicated  with 
or  is  not  known  to  the  officer  or  enlisted  man  or  civilian  employee, 
such  officer,  enlisted  man,  or  civilian  employee  will  notify  the  adju- 
tant general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  who 
will  see  that  the  accounting  officer  is  notified. 

845.  Under  the  provisions  of  section  67  of  the  act  of  Congress  ap- 
proved June  3,   1916,   the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the 
United  States  in  each  State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
is  the  accountable  officer  for  all  United  States  property  in  the  pos- 
session of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State,  Territory,  and  the  District 
of  Columbia,  and  shall  keep  such  records  and  make  such  returns  and 
reports  concerning  the  same  as  may  be  required  bv  the  Secretary  of 
War. 

846.  When  National  Guard  organizations  are  called  into  the  serv- 
ice of  the  United  States,  responsibility  and  accountability  for  United 
States  property  in  the  possession  of  such  organizations  devolve  upon 
the  officers  thereof  as  in  the  case  of  officers  of  the  Regular  Army. 

847.  The  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  is 
required  to  keep  distinctly  separate  the  several  classes  of  United 
States  property  in  all  business  transactions  with  the  War  Depart- 
ment in  regard  thereto. 

The  several  classes  of  supplies  are  as  follows: 

Quartermaster. 

Medical. 

Engineer. 

Ordnance  (two  subdivisions,  see  par.  829). 

Signal. 

Military  aeronautics. 

Motor  transport. 

Adjutant  General's  Office  (publications). 

Details  of  stores  pertaining  to  the  several  supply  departments  are 
contained  in  the  supply  manuals  of  the  departments. 

848.  All  United  States  property  issued  to  the  National  Guard  of 
a  State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  as  a  charge  against 
any  Federal  appropriations  shall  be  taken  up  and  accounted  for  by 
the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  appointed 
in  each  State,  Territory,  and  the  District  of  Columbia,  under  such 
regulations  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  prescribe  and  deem  neces- 
sary to  protect  the  interests  of  the  United  States. 

849.  When  an  officer  to  whom  stores  have  been  forwarded  believes 
them  to  have  miscarried  he  will  promptly  inform  the  issuing  and 
forwarding  officers. 

850.  If  an  officer  to  whom  public  property  has  been  transferred 
fails  to  accomplish  the  necessary  papers  covering  the  transaction 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  221 

within  a  reasonable  time,  the  transferring  officer  will  report  the  facts 
to  the  superior  officer  of  the  former  for  action.  Copies  of  all  papers 
relating  to  the  transaction  will  be  filed  with  his  records. 

851.  Upon  the  receipt  of  public  property  by  an  officer  he  will  make 
careful  examination  to  ascertain  its  quality  and  condition,  but  will 
not  break  original  packages  until  issues  are  to  be  made,  unless  he  has 
reason  to  believe  the  contents  defective.     Should  he  discover  defect  or 
shortage,  or  consider  the  property  unfit  for  use,  he  will  file  an  over, 
short  or  damage  report  or,  as  the  facts  may  determine,  apply  for  a 
survey  to  ascertain  the  facts  and  fix  the  responsibility.     The  same 
rule  will  be  observed  in  regard  to  packages  when  first  opened  for 
issue,  and  for  property  damaged  or  missing  while  in  store. 

852.  When  packages  of  supplies  are  opened  for  the  first  time, 
whether  because  of  apparent  defect  or  for  issue,  the  officer  respon- 
sible or  some  other  commissioned  officer  will  be  present  and  verify 
the  contents  by  actual  weight,  count,  or  measurement,  as  circum- 
stances may  require,  and  in  case  of  deficiency  or  damage  wil]  make 
written  report  of  the  facts  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Terri- 
tory, or  the  District  of  Columbia.     If  only  the  officer  responsible  be 
present  and  make  the  report,  he  will  secure  the  sworn  statements  in 
writing  of  one  or  more  civilians  or  enlisted  men  regarding  the  condi- 
tion of  the  property  when  examined.     Should  a  survey  be  ordered, 
the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia will  refer  to  the  surveying  officer  the  report  made  by  the  exam- 
ining officer,  together  with  the  sworn  statements. 

853.  The  giving  or  taking  of  receipts  in  blank  for  United  States 
property  is  prohibited. 

854.  Unless  otherwise  prescribed  the  same  regulations  that  now 
govern  accountability  for  public  property  in  the  Army  will  govern 
as  to  accountability  between  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for 
the  United  States  and  the  War  Department  for  property  issued  to 
the  National  Guard,  and  the  necessary  blank  forms  for  keeping  the 
required  records  of  said  property  will  be  furnished  to  the  governors 
of  the  several  States  and  Territories  and  the  commanding  general 
of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia  on  application  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Militia  Bureau,  War  Department. 

855.  In  the  event  that  any  errors  or  irregularities  are  discovered 
in  the  records  of  the  property  and  disbursing  officer,  he  will  be  noti- 
fied through  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State  or  Territory,  or  the 
adjutant  general  of  the  National  Guard  of  the  District  of  Columbia, 
of  such  errors  or  irregularities  found  therein  with  a  view  to  their 
correction.     If  the  necessary  corrections  be  not  made  within  three 
months  from  date  of  notification,  or  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau 
advised  why  the  corrections  have  not  been  made  within  that  time, 


222  NATIONAL,  GUARD  KEGULATIONS. 

the  facts  will  be  reported  to  the  Secretary  of  War,  in  order  that  no 
more  issues  of  military  stores  may  be  made  until  the  errors  or  irregu- 
larities shall  have  been  corrected  or  satisfactorily  explained. 

UNITED  STATES  PROPERTY  DAMAGED,  LOST,  OR  DESTROYED. 

856.  Lack  of  proper  care  of  Federal  property  will  not  be  tolerated, 
and  any  loss,  damage,  or  destruction  of  such  property  by  reason  of 
carelessness  or  lack  of  proper  attention  will  result  in  the  States  con- 
cerned being  charged  with  the  value  thereof,  and  the  law  which 
requires  that  such  losses  must  be  paid  from  State  or  personal  funds 
will  be  strictly  enforced. 

857.  Section  87  of  the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916, 
provides  that  whenever  any  property  issued  to  the  National  Guard 
in  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  shall  have  been 
lost,  damaged,  or  destroyed,  or  become  unserviceable  or  unsuitable 
by  use  in  service  or  from  any  other  cause  while  in  possession  of  the 
State,  it  shall  be  examined  by  a  disinterested  surveying  officer  of  the 
Regular  Army  or  the  National  Guard  detailed  by  the  Secretary  of 
War,  and  the  report  of  such  surveying  officer  shall  be  forwarded  to 
the  Secretary  of  War  or  to  such  officer  as  he  shall  designate  to  receive 
such  reports;    and  if  it  shall  appear  to  the  Secretary  of  War  from 
the  report  of  survey  that  the  property  was  lost,  damaged,  or  de- 
stroyed through  unavoidable  causes,  he  is  authorized  to  relieve  the 
State  or  Territory  or  the  District  of  Columbia  from  further  accounta- 
bility therefor.     If  it  shall  appear  that  the  loss,  damage,  or  destruc- 
tion of  property  was  due  to  carelessness  or  neglect,  or  that  its  loss, 
damage,  or  destruction  could  have  been  avoided  by  the  exercise  of 
reasonable  care,  the  money  value  of  such  property  shall  be  charged 
to  the  accountable  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,  to  be 
paid  from  State,  Territory,  or  District  funds,  or  any  funds  other  than 
Federal.     If  the  articles  so  surveyed  are  found  to  be  unserviceable 
or  unsuitable,  the  Secretary  of  war  shall  direct  what  disposition,  by 
sale  or  otherwise,  shall  be  made  of  them;   and,  if  sold,  the  proceeds 
of  such  sale,  as  well  as  stoppages  against  officers  and  enlisted  men, 
and  the  net  proceeds  of  collections  made  from  any  person  or  from 
any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  reimburse  the 
Government  for  the  loss,  damage,  or  destruction  of  any  property, 
shall  be  deposited  by  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  in  the  Treasury 
of  the  United  States  as  a  credit  to  said  State,  Territory,  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  accountable  for  said  property,  and  as  a  part  of 
and  in  addition  to  that  portion  of  its  allotment  set  aside  for  the 
purchase  of  similar  supplies,  stores,  or  material  of  war.     For  the 
proper  method   of  making  such  refundments  see  paragraph   785. 
The  law  further  provides  that  if  any  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia  shall  neglect  or  refuse  to  pay,  or  cause  to  be  paid,  the 


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money  equivalent  of  any  loss,  damage,  or  destruction  of  property 
charged  against  such  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  after 
survey  as  provided  for  above  by  a  disinterested  officer  appointed  by 
the  Secretary  of  War,  the  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized  to  debar 
such  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  from  further  par- 
ticipation in  any  or  all  appropriations  for  the  National  Guard  until 
such  payment  shall  have  been  made. 

858.  The  surveying  officer  or  officers  detailed  by  the  Secretary  of 
War  in  each  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  will  be  so 
detailed  or  appointed  from  the  officers  of  the  National  Guard  of  the 
State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia,   or  from  officers  of  the 
Regular  Army  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard  thereof  as  inspector- 
instructors  or,  if  neither  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  or  the 
Regular  Army  detailed  as  inspector-instructor  is  available,  by  the 
detail  of  any  available  Regular  Army  officer.     The  detail  or  appoint- 
ment as  surveying  officer  of  an  officer  or  officers  of  the  National  Guard 
or  Regular  Army  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard  will  not  be  changed 
except  for  reasons  which  appear  to  the  War  Department  to  be  good 
and  sufficient.     Recommendations  of  officers  of  the  National  Guard 
for  appointment  as  surveying  officers  of  a  State  will  be  called  for 
from  time  to  time.     An  officer  of  the  National  Guard  Reserve  is  not 
eligible  for  designation  as  a  surveying  officer.     (See  Opn.  J.  A.  G., 
June  14,  1918.) 

859.  The  travel  and  other  necessary  expenses  of  officers  of  the 
Regular  Army  detailed  as  surveying  officers  are  properly  chargeable 
against  that  part  of  the  appropriation  made  by  Congress  under  the 
provisions  of  section  67  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  for  the  payment 
of  the  actual  and  necessary  expenses  incurred  by  officers  and  enlisted 
men  of  the  Regular  Army  when  traveling  on  duty  in  connection 
with  the  National  Guard,  and  the  payment  of  such  expenses  will  be 
made  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States 
in  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

860.  Reports  of  surveying  officers  will  be  made  out  in  quadrupli- 
cate on  blanks  furnished  by  the  Militia  Bureau  and  forwarded  to  the 
adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
who  will  in  turn  forward  the  same  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau, 
with  the  recommendation  of  the  governor  of  the  State  or  Territory 
or  the  commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia. 

861.  Upon  the  receipt  of  the  report  of  a  surveying  officer  in  the 
office  of  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  it  will  be  examined,  and  if  it 
appears  from  such  report  that  the  property  was  lost,    damaged,    or 
destroyed,  or  became  unserviceable  or  unsuitable,   as   a  result   of 
unavoidable  causes,  and  that  reasonable  and  proper  care  was  exer- 
cised by  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  safe- 
guard and  protect  the  property  concerned  from  loss,  damage,   or 


224  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

destruction,  one  copy  of  the  report  will  be  returned  by  the  Chief  of 
the  Militia  Bureau  to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the 
United  States  in  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia, 
through  the  adjutant  general  thereof,  with  authority  to  drop  the 
articles  enumerated  thereon  from  his  property  records  and  with 
instructions  as  to  their  disposition,  by  sale  or  otherwise.  One  copy 
will  be  retained  for  the  files  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  one  copy  forwarded 
by  the  Militia  Bureau  to  the  property  accounts  branch,  office  of 
Director  of  Finance,  Washington,  D.  C.,  and  one  copy  forwarded  to 
the  zone  property  auditor  who  is  charged  with  auditing  the  property 
account  from  which  the  property  is  to  be  dropped.  If  ordered 
destroyed,  an  affidavit  must  be  made  on  the  record  of  survey  by  a 
disinterested  officer  of  the  National  Guard,  or  by  an  officer  of  the 
Regular  Army  on  duty  with  the  National  Guard  of  the  State,  Ter- 
ritory, or  District  of  Columbia,  that  the  destruction  of  the  articles 
was  accomplished  in  his  presence.  For  disposition  of  proceeds  of 
sale  of  condemned  property  see  paragraph  785. 

862.  For  cost  of  transportation  of  unserviceable  and  unsuitable 
property  turned  in  to  the  United  States  arsenal  or  depot  see  para- 
graph 768. 

863.  If  it  appears  from  the  report  of  a  surveying  officer  that  the 
property  was  lost,  damaged,  or  destroyed  as  a  result  of  avoidable 
causes  and  that  reasonable  care  was  not  exercised  by  the  State,  Terri- 
tory, or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  safeguard  and  protect  the  property 
concerned  from  loss,  damage,  or  destruction,  the  adjutant  general 
of  the  State  will  be  so  notified  and  directed  to  forward  the  necessary 
funds  to  cover  the  cost  of  the  property.     Upon  receipt  of  the  funds 
to  cover  such  cost  one  copy  of  the  survey  report  will  be  furnished  to 
the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  in  the  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  through  the  adjutant  general 
thereof,  with  authority  to  drop  the  property  enumerated  thereon 
from  his   property  accounts,   one  copy  forwarded  by  the  Militia 
Bureau  to  the  property  accounts  branch,  office  of  Director  of  Finance, 
Washington,  D.  C.,  one  copy  forwarded  to  the  zone  property  auditor 
concerned,  and  one  copy  filed  in  the  Militia  Bureau. 

864.  Whenever  an  officer  of  the  National  Guard  who  is  responsible 
for  United  States  property  shall  discover  that  any  of  such  property 
has  been  lost,  stolen,  or  destroyed,  or  has  become  unserviceable  or  un- 
suitable from  use  in  service,  or  from  any  other  cause,  he  should  report 
immediately  the  fact,  through  proper  military  channels,  to  the  ad- 
jutant general  of  the  State  or  Territory  or  of  the  National  Guard  of 
the  District  of  Columbia  in  order  that   the  action  of  a  surveying 
officer  may  be  had  at  the  earliest  practicable  date. 

865.  The  report  of  the  surveying  officer  should  show  in  detail  oppo- 
site each  article  on  his  report  in  what  respect  the  article  is  unservice- 


NATIONAL  GUAKD  KEGULATIONS.  225 

able  or  unsuitable.  It  will  also  indicate  in  each  case,  for  the  guidance 
of  the  Secretary  of  War,  the  disposition  which,  in  his  opinion,  should 
be  made  of  said  property.  Should  the  surveying  officer  recommend 
the  sale  of  the  property,  the  recommendation  will  state  whether  by 
auction  or  by  inviting  bids  from  dealers  or  others  likely  to  purchase 
said  articles  and  will  give  reasons  therefor.  In  case  any  public  prop- 
erty is  rendered  unserviceable  through  causes  other  than  the  ordinary 
incidents  of  service,  the  surveying  officer  should  investigate  fully  the 
circumstances,  report  the  facts,  and,  if  possible,  fix  the  personal 
responsibility  therefor. 

866.  A  surveying  officer  should  elicit  all  evidence  obtainable  and 
should  not  limit  his  inquiries  to  affidavits  or  statements  presented 
by  interested  parties,  especially  hi  cases  of  alleged  theft  or  embezzle- 
ment, and  he  should  not  recommend  the  relief  of  officers  or  soldiers 
from  responsibility  unless  fully  satisfied  that  those  charged  with  the 
care  of  the  property  have  performed  their  whole  duty  in  regard  to  it. 
He  should  hear  in  person  or  by  deposition  all  persons  concerned. 
Before  relief  from  accountability  will  be  granted  on  account  of  the 
loss  or  theft  of  small  arms,  conclusive  evidence  must  be  submitted 
with  the  report  that  every  possible  precaution  had  been  taken  for 
their  safe-keeping.     Evidence  will  be  presented  also  to  show  what 
steps  were  taken  for  the  recovery  of  lost  or  stolen  property. 

867.  Officers  responsible  for  property  to  be  surveyed  will  in  all 
cases  furnish  the  surveying  officer  with  original  affidavits  by  them- 
selves and  by  such  witnesses  as  they  may  rely  upon  to  relieve  them 
from  responsibility,  and  three  duly  attested  copies  of  such  affidavits 
must  accompany  the  report. 

868.  Federal  property  in  possession  of  States,  Territories,  and  the 
District   of   Columbia,    which   has    become    unserviceable,    is    not 
subject  to  condemnation  upon  inventory  and  inspection  reports,  but 
must  be  disposed  of  by  survey  proceedings. 

869.  Unserviceable  property  is,  with  reference  to  its  disposition, 
divided  into  classes  as  follows: 

(1)  Property  worn  out  in  the  service  and  which  has  no  salable 
value. 

(2)  Property  worn  out  by  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service  which 
presumably  has  some  salable  value. 

(3)  Property  which  has  been  rendered  unserviceable  from  causes 
other  than  fair  wear  and  tear  in  the  service. 

870.  Great  care  should  be  taken  to  prevent  property  once  con- 
demned and  ordered  dropped  from  the  returns  from  being  again  pre- 
sented for  survey.     When  property  is  presented  to  a  surveying  officer 
for  condemnation,  the  officer  responsible  will  certify  in  the  inventory 
that  the  property  has  not  been  previously  condemned. 

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226  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

871.  Clothing  infected  with  contagious  diseases  may  be  destroyed 
prior  to  the  action  of  a  surveying  officer,  provided  the  necessity  for 
such  destruction  is  certified  to  by  a  competent  physician  or  medical 
officer  cognizant  of  the  facts.     Such  certificate  should  set  forth  the 
facts  and  be  made  a  part  of  the  subsequent  survey  proceedings. 

872.  Whenever  any  property  is  lost,  destroyed,  stolen,  or  rendered 
unserviceable  or  unsuitable  by  reason  of  the  fact  that  it  has  not  been 
stored  properly  or  that  reasonable  and  proper  care  has  not  been 
exercised  in  regard  to  its  safety  or  preservation,  the  United  States 
considers  that  the  State  is  responsible,  under  the  terms  of  the  law,  for 
such  loss,  destruction,  theft,  unserviceability,  or  unsuitability. 

873.  Reasonable  care  as  far  as  protection  from  fire  is  concerned  will 
be  considered  as  having  been  exercised  only  when  every  possible  pre- 
caution in  this  regard  has  been  employed.     The  employment  of 
watchmen  or  caretakers  is  essential  to  insure  frequent  inspections  in 
order  to  properly  guard  against  losses  of  this  character.     In  order 
that  the  interests  of  a  State  may  be  protected,  it  is  suggested  that 
steps  be  taken  to  insure  this  property  against  loss  by  fire.     The  cost 
of  such  insurance  can  not,  however,  be  met  from  Federal  funds,  as 
the  care  and  protection  of  United  States  property  issued  to  a  State 
is  incumbent  upon  the  State.     Insurance  money  received  may  be  ap- 
plied by  the  State  to  the  purchase,  under  authority  of  the  act  of 
February  24,  1897  (29  Stat.,  592),  of  stores  and  supplies  in  lieu  of 
those  destroyed,  and  such  stores  and  supplies  taken  up  and  accounted 
for  by  the  State  in  place  of  those  destroyed. 

874.  The  loss  of  small  arms,  particularly  revolvers,  by  the  National 
Guard  follows  in  a  large  measure  from  the  failure  to  effectively  secure 
this  class  of  property  from  theft.     When  small  arms  are  not  in  the 
possession  of  enlisted  men  for  the  performance  of  military  duty, 
they  are  required  to  be  locked  in  the  arm  racks  or  the  arm  lockers. 
The  arm  racks  are  intended  for  the  safe-keeping  of  the  small  arms  in 
daily  use  by  the  organizations  to  which  they  have  been  issued,  and 
the  arm  lockers  for  such  arms  as  are  not  required  to  be  issued  fre- 
quently to  enlisted  men. 

875.  When  for  any  reason  troops  in  the  field  are  not  permitted  to 
be  armed  at  all  times,  responsible  officers  will  have  the  pistols  safe- 
guarded under  conditions  that  will  prevent  their  loss. 

876.  The  National  Guard  of  the  several  States,  Territories,  and  the 
District  of  Columbia  is  required  to  have  the  arm  racks  and  arm 
lockers  supplied  by  the  Ordnance  Department  on  hand  for  the  safe- 
keeping of  the  small  arms  issued  to  them  and  to  see  that  every  possible 
precaution  is  taken  hi  this  respect. 

877.  The  several  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia 
are  required  to  provide  suitable  armories  for  the  safekeeping  of  prop- 
erty of  the  United  States  issued  to  them. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  227 

878.  Organizations  of  the  National  Guard,  unless  they  are  serving 
in  the  field,  are  required  to  store  the  property  issued  to  them  in  the 
armories  provided  for  the  purpose. 

879.  Property  and  disbursing  officers  will  store  property  in  their 
immediate  possession  in  a  systematic  manner  so  as  to  afford  not  only 
protection  thereto  but  accessibility  as  well. 

880.  Reasonable   care   will   not   be   considered    as   having    been 
exercised  in  the  safekeeping  of  small  arms  and  ammunition    and 
their  protection  against  loss,  theft,  or  damage  unless  every  possible 
precaution  in  this  regard  has  been  employed.     The  employment  of 
watchmen  or  caretakers  appears  to  be  essential  in  order  to  properly 
guard  against  losses  of  this  character. 

881.  Reasonable   care   can   not   be   considered    as    having   been 
exercised  for  the  safety  of  property  when  it  appears  that  the  loss, 
damage,  destruction,  or  theft  thereof  was  due  to  carelessness,  willful 
neglect,  or  the  failure  to  exercise  ordinary  foresight. 

882.  The   responsibility   of   officers   of   the   National   Guard   for 
damage  to,  loss,   theft,   or  destruction  of  United  States  property 
issued  to  them  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United 
States  in  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  must  be 
determined  by  the  proper  authority  in  each  State,  Territory,  or  the 
District    of    Columbia.     The    War    Department    holds    the    State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  responsible  for  the  payment 
of  such  charge  as  may  be  made  for  loss,  damage,  destruction,  or 
theft  of  United  States  property,  and  under  the  law  can  look  only 
to  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  for  payment. 

883.  Whenever   information   is   received   that   animals   or   other 
property  belonging  to  the  United  States  are  unlawfully  in  the  posses- 
sion of  any  person  not  a  member  of  the  National  Guard,  the  property 
and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  or  any  other  officer  of 
the  National  Guard  will  promptly  cause  proceedings  to  be  instituted 
and  diligently  prosecuted  before  the  court  authorities  for  the  recovery 
of  the  property,  and,  if  the  same  has  been  stolen,  for  the  arrest, 
trial,    conviction,    and   due   punishment   of   the   offender    and   his 
accomplices. 

884.  Upon    satisfactory    information    that    such    United    States 
property  unlawfully  in  the  possession  of  any  parties  is  likely  to  be 
taken  away,  concealed,  or  otherwise  disposed  of  before  the  necessary 
proceedings  can  be  had  in  the  civil  tribunals  for  its  recovery,  the 
property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  or  any  other 
officer  of  the  National  Guard  will  at  once  cause  the  same  to  be 
seized  and  will  hold  it  subject  to  any  legal  proceeding  that  may  be 
instituted  by  other  parties.     Persons  caught  in  the  act  of  stealing 
United  States  property  will  be  summarily  arrested  and  turned  over 
to  the  civil  authorities  for  trial. 


228  NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS. 

885.  The  keys  of  storerooms  or  chests  will  not  be  intrusted  to 
enlisted  men  or  civilians  without  great  vigilance  on  the  part  of  the 
accountable  or  responsible  officer  and  a  resort  to  every  possible  and 
reasonable  precaution,   including  frequent  inspections,   to  prevent 
loss  or  damage. 

886.  Small  arms,  saddle  blankets,   time-interval  recorders,  cart- 
ridge cases,   and  small  stores  of  like  character,  being   articles  of 
property  which  may  be  readily  disposed  of,  accountable  and  respon- 
sible officers   are  required  to   take  every  possible  precaution  for 
their  safekeeping. 

887.  The  various  articles  of  ordnance  property  which  are  issued 
to  the  National  Guard  for  the  care  and  preservation  of  ordnance 
and  ordnance  stores  are  described  in  ordnance  price  lists  and  in 
pamphlets   descriptive   of   the   ordnance    and   ordnance   stores   for 
which   the   parts    and   supplies    are   required.     In   addition,    these 
pamphlets  and  other  manuals  generally  give  detailed  instructions 
in  regard  to  the  care  and  preservation  of  the  articles  described  and 
referred  to  therein,  and  such  instructions  are  made  a  part  of  these 
regulations. 

888.  In  view  of  the  injurious  effect  of  moisture  and  dust  on  the 
lenses  of  optical  instruments  such  as  range  finders,  field  glasses, 
types  C  and  EE,  etc.,  they  are  required  to  be  kept  or  stored  under 
such  conditions  as  will  insure  as  much  freedom  from  moisture  and 
dust  as  can  be  obtained. 

889.  An  officer  in  charge  of  United  States  property  in  use  or  in 
store  will  endeavor  by  timely  repairs  to  keep  it  in  serviceable  con- 
dition.    Any  necessary  material  or  authority  for  repairs  made  by 
local  dealers  will  be  furnished  on  request,  and  the  expense  necessary 
for  such  repairs  will  be  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of  War  on 
application  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau.     Applications  of  this 
character  must  be  accompanied  by  an  estimate  showing  the  repairs 
necessary  and  the  probable  cost  thereof.     The  cost  of  such  repairs 
if  met  from  Federal  funds,  is  properly  chargeable  against  the  appor- 
tionment to  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  made 
under  section  67  of  the  act  of  Congress,  approved  June  3,  1916, 
otherwise,  from  funds  other  than  Federal. 

890.  When  property  can  not  be  repaired   as  indicated  in  the 
preceding  paragraph,  it  will,  except  as  indicated  in  paragraph  891, 
be  sent  to  an  arsenal  or  depot  to  be  repaired,  approval  being  first 
obtained  from  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  to  make  the  shipment 
and  to  have  the  repairs  made.     The  cost  of  transportion  of  property 
issued  to  the  National  Guard,  when  turned  in  to  an  arsenal  or  depot 
for  repair  or  replacement,  must  be  paid  from  State  funds,  or  as 
provided  in  paragraph  768. 


NATIONAL   GUARD   REGULATIONS.  229 

891.  Whenever  the  materiel  of  a  field  battery  or  headquarter 
organization,  or  parts  thereof,  including  artillery,  special  artillery 
vehicles,  tanks  and  tractors,  ammunition  and  its  components, 
pyrotechnics  and  rifle  and  hand  grenades,  special  ordnance  repair 
trucks  (except  equipment  repair  trucks  and  similar  trucks),  fire 
control  instruments  and  sights  for  artillery  and  machine  guns, 
machine  guns  and  automatic  rifles,  rifles,  pistols,  revolvers,  shot  guns 
and  all  other  small  arms,  bayonets,  bolos,  sabers  and  all  other  hand 
arms,  arm  chests  and  arm  racks,  targets  and  target  materiel,  decapping 
and  cleaning  tools  for  small  arms  cartridges,  tools  for  repair  of  small 
arms  and  machine  guns,  including  arm  repair  chests  with  contents, 
armorers'  tool  chests  with  contents,  tool  rolls  and  pistol-cleaning  kits 
and  all  tools,  equipment,  and  spare  parts  pertaining  to  the  foregoing 
are  in  need  of  repairs  requiring  the  services  of  skilled  mechanics  of 
the  Ordnance  Department,  the  commanding  officer  of  the  battery  or 
headquarter  organization  will  submit,  through  military  channels,  to 
the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia Militia,  a  report  describing  in  detail  the  character  and  extent 
of  the  repairs  required  and  the  cause  of  the  damaged  condition  of 
each  article.  The  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the 
District  of  Columbia  Militia,  if  the  making  of  the  repairs  is  approved 
by  him,  will  forward  the  report  directly  to  the  commanding  general 
of  the  department  charged  with  the  inspection  and  repair  of  the 
materiel,  as  prescribed  in  paragraph  71,  with  request  that  the  repairs 
be  made  by  the  Ordnance  Department  and  their  cost  charged  to 
the  apportionment  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
under  section  67  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916.  Upon  receipt  of  such 
request  the  ordnance  officer  in  charge  will,  by  communication  with 
the  commanding  officer  of  the  battery  or  headquarter  organization, 
arrange  for  making  them  at  a  convenient  time,  and  inform  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  battery  or  headquarter  organization  of  the 
probable  number  of  men  that  will  be  required  to  assist  the  mechanic  or 
mechanics  designated  to  make  the  repairs.  The  repairs  generally  will 
be  made  by  skilled  mechanics  of  the  Ordnance  Department  sent  for  the 
purpose,  although  if  desired  by  the  battery  commander,  and  if  the 
ordnance  officer  approves  thereof,  the  work  may  be  performed  by 
the  battery  mechanic.  If  done  by  ordnance  mechanics  the  latter 
will  report  their  arrival  and  departure  in  person  to  the  commanding 
officer  of  the  battery  or  headquarter  organization,  who,  in  the 
absence  of  an  officer  of  the  Ordnance  Department,  will  supervise  the 
work  done  by  the  mechanics,  keep  a  record  of  the  number  of  hours 
worked  each  day  by  each  mechanic,  and  upon  completion  of  the 
repairs  will  forward  the  time  record  to  the  ordnance  officer  in  charge, 
with  a  statement  showing  the  date  and  hour  of  arrival  and  departure 
of  each  mechanic  and  the  manner  in  which  he  conducted  himself 


280  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

while  on  duty.  Upon  completion  of  the  work  the  department 
ordnance  officer  in  charge  will  report  the  cost  thereof  to  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance  Field  Service,  Ordnance  Office,  who  will  make  a  report  to 
the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau.  No  repairs  for  any  State,  Territory, 
or  the  District  of  Columbia  shall,  however,  be  made  if  the  cost  thereof 
exceeds  the  amount  available  and  designated  for  such  work.  The 
cost  of  transportation  of  materials,  tools,  and  supplies  required  in 
making  the  repairs  will  be  reported  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau 
by  the  Director  of  Finance. 

892.  To  facilitate  the  inspection,  repair,  and  alteration  by  the 
Ordnance   Department   of   field   artillery  materiel   issued   by   that 
department  to  the  National  Guard,  the  States  and  Territories,  and 
the  District  of  Columbia  are  assigned  to  territorial  districts,  and  the 
latter  are  placed  under  the  charge  of  the  commanding  generals  of  the 
departments,  as  follows : 

The  commanding  general,  Northeastern  Department,  Boston, 
Mass.:  The  States  of  Maine,  New  Hampshire,  Vermont,  Massachu- 
setts, Rhode  Island,  and  Connecticut. 

The  commanding  general,  Eastern  Department,  Governors  Island, 
New  York  Harbor:  The  States  of  New  York,  Pennsylvania,  New 
Jersey,  Delaware,  Maryland,  and  Virginia,  and  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia. (Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.} 

The  commanding  general,  Southeastern  Department,  Charleston, 
S.  C.:  The  States  of  North  Carolina,  South  Carolina,  Tennessee, 
Georgia,  Florida,  Alabama,  Mississippi,  Arkansas,  and  Louisiana. 

The  commanding  general,  Southern  Department,  San  Antonio, 
Tex.:  The  States  of  Oklahoma,  Texas,  New  Mexico,  and  Arizona. 

The  commanding  general,  Western  Department,  San  Francisco, 
Calif. :  The  States  of  California,  Nevada,  Utah,  Oregon,  Washington, 
Idaho,  Wyoming,  and  Montana. 

The  commanding  general,  Central  Department,  Chicago,  111.:  The 
States  of  Indiana,  Illinois,  Ohio,  West  Virginia,  Kentucky,  Michigan, 
Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Iowa,  Missouri,  Kansas,  Nebraska,  North 
Dakota,  South  Dakota,  and  Colorado. 

The  commanding  general,  Hawaiian  Department,  Honolulu, 
Hawaii:  The  Territory  of  Hawaii. 

893.  The  Field  Artillery  materiel  issued  to  the  National  Guard  by 
the  Ordnance  Department  of  the  Army  will  be  inspected  by  the 
department  ordnance  officer  or  his  assistant,  as  often  as  may  be 
deemed  by  the  commanding  general  or  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  as 
necessary.     At  least  one  inspection  will  be  made  each  year.     The 
ordnance  materiel  referred  to  in  the  first  paragraph  will  be  subject 
at  all  times  to  inspection  by  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  or  his  personal 
representative. 


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894.  Upon  receipt  of  orders  to  inspect  the  field  artillery  materiel 
in  the  possession  of  any  State  or  Territory  or  of  the  District  of  Colum- 
bia, the  inspecting  officer  will  notify,  through  the  commanding  gen- 
eral of  the  department,  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory, 
or  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia  of  his  designation  for  the  duty 
and  the  date  upon  which  the  materiel  of  each  battery  or  headquarters 
organization  will  be  inspected  by  him.     At  each  inspection  all  ord- 
nance materiel  issued  to  a  battery  or  headquarters  organization  by  the 
United  States  will  be  examined  and  maneuvered  in  such  manner  as 
will  enable  the  inspecting  officer  to  fully  determine  its  condition. 
Whenever  practicable,  not  to  exceed  two  rounds  will  be  fired  from 
each  field  gun  by  the  inspecting  officer,  the  ammunition  for  this  pur- 
pose being  furnished  by  the  United  States.     Commanding  officers  of 
batteries  and  headquarters  organizations  and  officials  of  the  States, 
Territories,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  should  render  such  assistance 
as  may  be  required  by  the  inspecting  officer  in  the  performance  of  his 
duty,  including  the  furnishing  of  details  of  men  that  may  be  needed 
for  maneuvering,  firing,  dismounting,  and  assembling  the  materiel. 
Upon  completion  of  the  inspection  of  each  battery  or  headquarters 
organization  the  commanding  inspecting  officer  will  submit  a  report 
in  duplicate  on  the  prescribed  form  to  The  Adjutant  General  of  the 
Army,  who  will  transmit  one  copy  to  the  Chief  of  Ordnance  and  the 
other  copy  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  for  reference  through 
the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  adjutant  general 
of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the 
battery  or  headquarters  organization  for  the  information  of  the  latter, 
and  for  such  action  by  the  National  Guard  authorities  as  may  be 
necessary  in  each  case.     The  report  will  state  in  detail  the  condition 
of  all  parts  of  the  ordnance  equipment,  and  if  defective  in  any  way 
the  character  and  extent  of  the  repairs  required  and  the  causes  of  the 
defective  condition  of  the  equipment. 

895.  At  these  inspections  the  repairs  or  alterations  made  since  the 
last  previous  inspection  will  be  carefully  observed  to  see  that  the 
drawings,  instructions,  etc.,  have  been  complied  with.     A  statement 
of  changes  made  and  of  such  alterations  as  are  still  to  be  incorporated 
will  be  made  on  the  regular  form  of  inspection  report  forwarded  to 
The  Adjutant  General  of  the  Army. 

896.  In  case  the  adjutant  general  of  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia  Militia,  should  desire  to  have  the  cost  of  the  repairs 
paid  out  of  funds  (other  than  Federal)  at  his  disposal  instead  of  out  of 
the  apportionment  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia 
under  section  67  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916,  the  adjutant  general  is 
authorized  to  make  request  directly  to  the  Commanding  general  of  the 
department  in  charge  of  the  district  to  make  the  repairs.     Upon  re- 


232  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

ceipt  of  such  request  the  latter  will  submit  to  the  adjutant  general  an 
estimate  of  the  cost  of  the  repairs  and  request  remittance  to  him  of 
the  funds  required.  Upon  receipt  of  the  funds  the  repairs  will  be 
made.  When  they  shall  have  been  completed  the  adjutant  general 
will  be  furnished  with  an  itemized  statement  in  duplicate  of  the  cost 
of  the  repairs  and  any  unexpended  balance  of  the  funds  will  be  re- 
turned. The  officer  making  the  repairs  will  submit  to  the  Chief  of 
Ordnance  a  report  showing  hi  detail  the  character  and  extent  of  the 
repairs  and  the  serial  numbers  of  the  guns  and  vehicles  to  which 
the  repairs  were  made,  including  a  copy  of  the  itemized  statement 
of  the  cost  of  such  repairs. 

897.  In  case  it  should  be  impracticable  for  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  battery  or  headquarters  organization  to  furnish  men  to  assist  the 
mechanic  or  mechanics,  the  necessary  labor  will  be  employed  by  the 
department  ordnance  officer  and  the  cost  thereof  charged  to  the  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia. 

898.  All  materials,  tools,  and  supplies  required  in  making  repairs 
or  alterations  and  the  ammunition  to  be  used  by  the  inspecting  officer 
will  be  shipped  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  battery  or  head- 
quarters organization,  who  will  be  charged  with  their  safe-keeping,  and 
who  will  immediately  report  their  arrival  to  the  department  ordnance 
officer. 

899.  When  necessary  to  ship  materials,  tools,  or  supplies  to  any 
battery  or  headquarters  organization  for  use  in  making  repairs  or  to 
ship  any  parts  to  a  manufacturing  arsenal  for  repairs  that  can  not  be 
made  at  the  station  of  the  battery  or  headquarters  organization,  the 
shipment  will  be  made  by  freight  by  the  officer  of  the  Ordnance  De- 
partment in  charge  of  the  district  or  by  the  nearest  officer  of  the 
Transportation  Service.     All  officers  shipping  materials  under  this 
order  will  be  careful  to  insert  a  notation  on  the  bills  of  lading  that  the 
materials  shipped  are  for  the  repair  of  equipment  in  the  hands  of  the 
National  Guard  of  the  State  to  which  the  organization  belongs  for 
which  the  repairs  are  being  made. 

900.  When  a  complete  equipment  of  field  artillery  materiel  is  re- 
ceived by  any  battery  of  the  National  Guard,  the  commanding  officer 
of  the  battery  will  promptly  notify  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State, 
Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  who  in  turn  will  report 
its  receipt  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  in  order  that  an  officer 
of  the  Army  may  be  sent  by  the  War  Department  to  instruct  the  per- 
sonnel of  the  battery  in  the  care,  preservation,  and  use  of  the  materiel. 

901.  Whenever  any  of  the  equipment  issued  by  the  Purchase  and 
Storage  Service  can  not  be  repaired  within  the  organization,  the  organ- 
ization commander  will  submit  it  for  the  action  of  the  inspector-in- 
structor, who  will  pass  upon  its  serviceability  and  reparability.     The 
inspector-instructor  will  list  all  property  which  he  declares  serviceable 
and  reparable.     This  list  will  be  signed  by  him  and  forwarded  to  the 


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United  States  property  and  disbursing  officer  who  will,  before  for- 
warding this  list,  make  a  statement  that  there  are  funds  available  for 
the  repair  of  these  articles.  He  will  forward  this  list,  with  a  letter 
asking  for  instructions,  to  the  zone  supply  officer  charged  with  the 
supply  of  the  state  to  which  the  organization  belongs  as  prescribed  in 
paragraph  902. 

902.  To  facilitate  the  repair  and  alteration  of  equipment  issued  by 
the  Purchase  and  Storage  Service  to  the  National  Guard,  the  States 
and  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  are  assigned  to  general 
supply  depots,  as  follows: 

General  supply  depot,  Boston,  Mass.:  The  States  of  Maine,  New 
Hampshire,  Vermont,  Massachusetts,  and  Rhode  Island. 

General  supply  depot,  New  York,  N.  Y. :  The  States  of  New  York, 
Connecticut,  and  New  Jersey. 

General  supply  depot,  Philadelphia,  Pa. :  The  State  of  Pennsylvania 
and  Porto  Rico. 

General  supply  depot,  Baltimore,  Md.:  The  States  of  Delaware, 
Maryland,  and  Virginia. 

General  supply  depot,  Washington,  D.  C. :  The  District  of  Columbia. 

General  supply  depot,  Atlanta,  Ga. :  The  States  of  North  Carolina, 
South  Carolina,  Georgia,  Florida,  Alabama,  and  Tennessee. 

General  supply  depot,  Chicago,  111.:  The  States  of  West  Virginia, 
Ohio,  Kentucky,  Indiana,  Michigan,  Wisconsin,  Minnesota,  Illinois, 
and  Iowa. 

General  supply  depot,  St.  Louis,  Mo. :  The  States  of  Missouri,  Kan- 
sas, Oklahoma,  and  Arkansas. 

General  supply  depot,  New  Orleans,  La. :  The  States  of  Louisiana 
and  Mississippi. 

General  supply  depot,  Fort  Sam  Houston,  Tex. :  The  State  of  Texas. 

General  supply  depot,  Omaha,  Nebr. :  The  States  of  Nebraska,  Colo- 
rado, Utah,  Wyoming,  North  Dakota,  and  South  Dakota. 

General  supply  depot,  El  Paso,  Tex.:  The  States  of  Arizona  and 
New  Mexico. 

General  supply  depot,  San  Francisco,  Calif.:  The  States  of  Cali- 
fornia, Oregon,  Washington,  Idaho,  Montana,  and  Nevada,  and 
Hawaii. 

903.  The  adjutant  general  of  each  State  and  Territory  and  the 
District  of  Columbia  is  requested  to  issue  such  orders  as  may  be 
necessary  to  insure  the  carrying  out  of  the  foregoing  instructions. 

904.  United  States  property  which  has  been  issued  to  a  State, 
Territory,  or  to  the  District  of  Columbia,  as  a  charge  against  Federal 
appropriations,  can  only  be  dropped  from  the  records  of  the  property 
and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  in  the  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia  in  five  ways:  First,  by  survey  proceedings 
as  set  forth  in  paragraph  857;  second,  by  over,  short,  and  damage 
reports;  third,  by  turning  hi  property  to  a  Federal  depot  or  arsenal; 


234  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

fourth,  by  transfer  to  the  National  Guard  in  Federal  service;  and 
fifth,  by  certificate  of  expenditure. 

905.  Property  authorized  to  be  dropped  as  expended  consists  only 
of  such  articles  as  are  by  their  use  necessarily  consumed,  as  rope, 
nails,  forage,  fuel,  etc. 

906.  Publications  issued  as  a  charge  against  Federal  appropria- 
tions, with  the  exception  of  such  manuals  and  regulations  as  are  ren- 
dered obsolete  by  the  issue  of  later  editions,  and  which  may  be 
dropped  under  the  provisions  of  General  Orders  No.  179,  War  Depart- 
ment, November  28,  1904,  are  not  expendable  property,  and  when- 
ever the  action  of  a  surveying  officer  thereon  becomes  necessary  a 
report  should  be  made  for  the  consideration  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

907.  The  adjutant  general  of  each  State  and  Territory  and  the 
District  of  Columbia  will  cause  to  be  turned  in  to  the  Ordnance 
Department  all  empty  cartridge  cases,  empty  packing  boxes,  bando- 
leers, and  clips  derived  from  the  expenditure,  in  target  practice  and 
in  competitions  of  small-arms  ammunition  issued  to  the  National 
Guard  by  the  Ordnance  Department,  and  the  Chief  of  the  Militia 
Bureau  advised  of  the  fact. 

908.  Empty   cartridge  cases  and  the  empty  receptacles  named 
remaining  on  hand  after  the  ammunition  has  been  fired  are  the  prop- 
erty of  the  United  States,  and  any  other  disposition  of  such  property 
than  that  indicated  is  illegal;  but,  as  their  original  value  was  charged 
against  the  State's  allotment,  credit  will  be  given  each  State  for  mate- 
rial so  turned  in  according  to  rates  in  War  Department  orders  issued 
from  time  to  time. 

909.  The  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War  directing  a  sale  of  con- 
demned property  will  indicate  the  method  of  advertising,  which  will 
generally  be  by  means  of  circulars  posted  in  public  places  and  sent  by 
mail  to  dealers  and  others  likely  to  purchase.     If  advertisement  in 
newspapers  is  indicated,  the  provisions  of  paragraphs  502  to  512, 
Army  Regulations,  1913,  apply,  and  request  for  special  authority  to 
advertise  must  be  made  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  designating 
the  newspapers  in  which  advertisement  is  desired. 

910.  For  disposition  of  the  net  proceeds  of  a  sale  of  condemned 
property,  see  paragraph  785. 

911.  Immediately  after  a  sale  of  condemned  property  pertaining 
to  any  department  an  itemized  report  will  be  made  by  the  property 
and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  in  the  State,  Territory,  or 
the  District  of  Columbia  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  showing 
date  and  place  of  sale,  quantity,  and  kind  of  articles  sold,  prices 
obtained,  names  of  purchasers,  expenses  of  sale,  and  gross  and  net 
proceeds.     This  report  will  be  accompanied  by  a  copy  of  the  order 
authorizing  the  sale  and  proper  vouchers  for  the  expenses  of  the  sale. 
The  report  pertaining  to  all  classes  of  supplies  will  be  made  on  War 
Department  Form  No.  325,  "Account  of  sales  at  auction." 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  235 

912.  If  an  article  of  United  States  property  issued  to  the  National 
Guard  of  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  be  lost, 
damaged,  or  destroyed  by  the  negligence  or  fault  of  an  officer  or 
enlisted  man  thereof,  he  should  pay  the  value  thereof  or  the  cost  of 
repairs  necessary  to  place  the  article  in  serviceable  condition.     The 
amount  so  charged  the  officer  or  enlisted  man  if  not  collected  directly 
should  be  entered  on  the  pay  roll  against  any  pay  that  may  be  due 
him  or  may  subsequently  become  due  him,  the  said  amount  being 
entered  on  the  roll  opposite  the  name  of  the  officer  or  enlisted  man  so 
charged,  but  the  amount  so  charged  should  not  exceed  the  value  of 
the  article  or  cost  of  repairs,  and  only  on  conclusive  proof  and  never 
without  a  survey,  the  officer  or  enlisted  man  being  informed  at  the 
time  of  signing  the  roll  that  his  signature  will  be  regarded  as  an 
acknowledgment  of  the  justice  of  the  charge. 

913.  When  charges  are  made  on  pay  rolls  covering  payments  made 
by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  the  United  States  in  a 
State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  credit  will  be  taken 
thereon  for  the  total  amount  of  pay  due,  and  the  amount  collected  on 
account  of  such  charges  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia 
Bureau  for  deposit  as  provided  by  paragraph  785,  together  with  a 
letter  of  transmittal  setting  forth  the  facts  in  detail  as  to  what  the 
amount  represents.     Upon  receipt  of  notification  from  the  Treasurer 
that  the  amount  has  been  covered  in  to  the  appropriation,  it  will  be 
credited  to  the  apportionment  of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of 
Columbia  concerned  under  section  67  of  the  act  of  June  3,  1916. 

914.  When  charges  are  made  on  pay  rolls  covering  payments  made 
by  officers  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  of  the  Army,  the  collections 
will  be  made  by  the  quartermaster  concerned  and  forwarded  to  the 
Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  for  deposit  as  provided  by  paragraph  785. 
Upon  receipt  of  notification  from  the  Treasurer  that  the  amount  has 
been  covered  into  the  appropriation  it  will  be  credited  as  indicated 
in  the  preceding  paragraph. 

SYSTEM  OF  PROPERTY  ACCOUNTING. 

915.  Commencing  July  1,  1919,  the  system  of  property  accounting 
provided  for  the  Army  of  the  United  States  by  War  Department 
Circular  No.  131,  dated  December  10,  1918,  will  also  apply  to  Fed- 
eral property  issued  to  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Co- 
lumbia for  National  Guard  use  and  purposes.     The  installation  of 
this  new  system  will  obviate  the  rendition  of  property  returns  by 
the  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia. 

INVENTORY. 

916.  As  of  June  30,  1919,  each  State,  Territory,  and  the  District 
of  Columbia  will  make  a  complete  physical  inventory,  arranged  alpha- 
betically, by  size,  description,  and  classification,  of  all  Federal  prop- 


236  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

erty  in  its  possession  for  National  Guard  purposes.  Separate  inven- 
tories will  be  made  for  such  property  in  the  storehouse  of  the  United 
States  property  and  disbursing  officer  and  that  in  the  possession  of 
each  company,  troop,  battery,  or  other  organization.  Three  au- 
thenticated copies  of  each  inventory  will  be  forwarded  by  the  prop- 
erty and  disbursing  officer  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  on  or 
before  July  31,  1919,  two  of  such  copies  to  be  transmitted  by  said 
Bureau  to  the  Property  Accounts  Branch,  Office  of  Director  of 
Finance,  Washington,  D.  C.  The  total  amount  of  these  inventories, 
i.  e.,  of  the  articles  in  the  property  and  disbursing  officer's  storehouse 
and  that  in  the  possession  of  the  organizations,  should  indicate  the 
actual  amount  of  material  in  possession  of  the  State  as  of  June  30, 
1919.  The  inventory  of  the  articles  in  the  storehouse  of  the  prop- 
erty and  disbursing  officer  should  agree  with  his  initial  entries  on 
the  stock  record  card  hereafter  referred  to,  and  the  inventories  of  arti- 
cles in  possession  of  the  various  organizations  should  agree  with  their 
respective  copies  of  property  loan  record  hereinafter  referred  to, 
and  also  with  the  property  and  disbursing  officer's  copies  of  the 
property  loan  records  pertaining  to  the  respective  organizations. 

917.  Any  shortages  as  between  the  property  and  disbursing  offi- 
cer's accountability  under  the  old  accounting  system  and  the  actual 
physical  inventory  of  all  property  in  the  State  on  June  30,  1919, 
should  be  covered  by  survey  proceedings,  the  survey  reports  to  serve 
as  vouchers  to  his  final  returns  under  the  old  system. 

STOCK  RECORD  CARD. 

918.  (a)  Each  United  States  property  and  disbursing  officer  will 
on  July  1,  1919,  set  up  and  thereafter  maintain  a  stock  record  card 
system  (P.  &  S.  Form  No.  258)  for  stock  actually  on  hand  in  his 
storehouse,  a  separate  card  being  provided  for  each  item  of  property, 
both  as  to  description  and  size.     For  instance,  one  card  for  ''Belts, 
waist "  would  be  sufficient,  but  for  articles  of  clothing  involving 
sizes,  a  separate  card  should  be  provided  for  each  size,  viz,  "Hats, 
service,  size  7J,"  "Hats,  service,  size  7J."     On  these  stock  record 
cards  will  be  recorded  the  entire  amount  of  property  in  stock  in  his 
storehouse  or  storehouses  as  of  June  30,  1919,  the  cards  being  grouped 
into  the  classifications  of  property,  i.  e.,  quartermaster,  ordnance, 
medical,  etc.,  the  cards  in  each  group  to  be  arranged  alphabetically, 
where  the  names  of  articles  consist  of  two  or  more  words,  the  dis- 
tinctive noun  being  entered  first,  such  as  "belts,  waist."     These 
cards  will  be  subsequently  kept  up  to  date  so  as  to  show  at  any 
moment  the  quantities  of  supplies  on  requisition  (if  the  articles  are 
to  be  shipped  to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer),  the  quantity 
received  by  him  (giving  the  receiving  number  and  date  of  receipt), 
the  quantity  issued,  and  the  quantity  on  hand  (giving  date  and  the 
shipping  ticket  number  and  quantity  of  all  unfilled  orders  on  requi- 
sitions). 


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(&)  When  the  stock  record  card  is  started,  the  then  existing  bal- 
ances in  storehouse  will  be  recorded  thereon.  This  entry  will  be 
made  to  show  date  in  column  5,  the  word  "  Inventory"  in  column 
6,  and  the  quantity  in  column  9. 

(c)  When  subsequent  requisitions  are  submitted  to  the  Militia 
Bureau  by  the  State,  and  the  shipment  is  to  be  made  to  the  property 
and  disbursing  officer,  he  should  enter  the  date  of  requisition,  number 
of  requisition,  and  quantities  on  the  stock  record  card  in  columns  1, 
2,  and  3,  respectively. 

(d)  When,  at  the  request  of  the  State,  the  shipment  is  to  be  made 
from  the  supply  depot  or  arsenal  direct  to  an  organization  commander, 
and  not  to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer,  neither  data  as  to 
the  requisition  nor  the  receipt  of  the  shipment  should  be  entered  on 
the  stock  record  card. 

(e)  Upon  receipt  of  articles  shipped  to  the  property  and  dis- 
bursing officer,  he  should  enter  on  the  stock  record  card,  the  date  of 
receipt,  receiving  number,  quantity  received,  new  balance,  location, 
and  cost,  in  columns  5,  6,  7,  9,  11,  and  12,  respectively. 

(/)  When  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  issues  property  from 
his  storehouse  to  organizations,  the  transaction  will  be  entered  on 
the  stock  record  card  by  indicating  date,  the  serial  number  of  ship- 
ping ticket  issued  by  him,  the  quantity  issued,  new  balance,  and 
cost  in  columns  5,  6,  8,  9,  and  12,  respectively.  He  should  also  post 
the  articles  issued  to  his  copy  of  the  loan  record  of  the  organization 
to  which  issued. 

(g)  The  stock  record  card  is  a  running  inventory  of  supplies  on 
hand  in  the  storehouse  of  the  property  and  disbursing  officer,  and 
upon  it  must  be  recorded  aU  Federal  property  received  from  any 
source  whatever,  whether  by  shipment  from  depot,  found,  turned 
in  by  an  organization,  or  otherwise  acquired;  and  all  property  trans- 
ferred back  to  the  Federal  Government  from  the  property  and  dis- 
bursing officer's  warehouse  or  dropped  by  survey  proceedings,  or 
sold  by  authority,  must  be  recorded  on  the  stock  record  cards. 

PROPERTY  LOAN  RECORDS. 

919.  (a)  On  July  1,  1919,  the  commanding  officer  of  each  com- 
pany, troop,  battery  or  other  organization  in  the  State  will  start  a 
property  loan  record  (P.  &  S.  Form  No.  263)  on  which  will  be  listed 
all  Federal  property  in  possession  of  the  organization  or  unit  on 
June  30,  1919,  as  shown  by  the  inventory  heretofore  referred  to. 
Any  articles  subsequently  received  by  the  organization  or  unit  from 
the  property  and  disbursing  officer  or  from  a  shipping  depot  or  arsenal 
direct  will  be  entered  on  this  record.  Any  articles  returned  by  the 
organization  or  unit  or  dropped  by  survey  will  likewise  be  recorded, 
so  that  at  all  times  the  record  will  indicate  the  balances  on  hand. 

(2>)  On  July  1,  1919,  each  property  and  disbursing  officer  will  start 
a  property  loan  record  for  each  organization  or  unit  in  the  State 


238  NATIONAL  GUAED  REGULATIONS. 

indicating  the  articles  in  their  possession  as  shown  by  the  inven- 
tories on  June  30,  1919,  and  will  thereafter  maintain  the  property 
loan  records  so  as  to  indicate  the  property  charged  to  and  in  pos- 
session of  each  organization  or  unit. 

(c)  The  present  system  of  memorandum  receipts,  and  the  issue  of 
property  upon  invoices  and  receipts  as  between  the  property  and 
disbursing  officer  and  organizations,  will  be  discontinued,  and  in 
their  place  each  unit,  whether  it  be  a  company  or  regimental  head- 
quarters, will  have  issued  to  it  a  property  loan  record  (P.  &  S.  Form 
No.  263)  on  which  will  be  listed  all  property  in  the  hands  of  the 
unit.  This  property  loan  record  will  accompany  the  unit  if  it  is 
moved,  and  upon  demand  of  the  auditor  the  property  officer  of  the 
unit  must  be  prepared  to  show  either  the  property  entered  on  his 
property  loan  record,  or  a  signed  receiving  report  (P.  &  S.  Form  No. 
257)  showing  that  it  has  been  turned  in  to  some  supply  officer,  or 
a  survey  report  showing  that  he  has  been  authorized  to  drop  it. 

REQUISITIONS,   RECEIVING  REPORTS,   AND  SHIPPING  TICKETS. 

920.  (a)  Vil'/jn  a  State  requires  replenishment  of  stock,  requi- 
sition (P.  &  S.  Form  No.  160)  in  quadruplicate  will  be  prepared, 
one  copy  of  which  will  be  retained  by  the  property  and  disbursing 
officer  as  a  follow-up  and  three  copies  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  the 
Militia  Bureau.  Separate  requisitions  will  be  submitted  for  the 
respective  classes  of  property,  viz,  quartermaster,  ordnance,  medical, 
etc.  Each  requisition  shall  contain  the  following  certificate: 

I  certify  that  the  articles  enumerated  hereon  are  required  by  the  National  Guard 

of  the  of  ,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  19 — , 

under (designated  in  the  appropriation)  and  that  the of 

has  adequate  and  suitable  storage  facilities  for  the  safe-keeping  and 

preservation  of  the  property. 

One  copy  of  the  requisition  will  be  retained  by  the  Militia  Bureau 
for  its  record,  and,  if  approved,  the  remaining  two  copies  forwarded 
by  that  bureau  (after  estimated  cost  shall  have  been  obligated 
against  the  appropriation  on  the  records  of  the  bureau)  to  the  proper 
supply  bureau,  department,  or  division.  Upon  receipt  of  the  requi- 
sition by  said  supply  bureau,  department,  or  division,  one  copy  \vill 
be  returned  to  the  requisitioning  officer  through  the  Militia  Bureau, 
advising  what  action  will  be  taken  on  the  requisition.  If  the  articles 
called  for  are  to  be  supplied,  one  copy  of  the  requisition  will  be  sent 
by  the  supply  bureau,  department,  or  division,  to  the  proper  supply 
depot  or  arsenal  with  instructions  to  procure  and  ship  such  sup- 
plies. The  original  and  three  copies  of  the  shipping  ticket  (P.  &  S. 
Form  No.  260)  will  be  mailed  by  the  supply  depot  or  arsenal  to  the 
property  and  disbursing  officer  if  he  be  the  consignee,  or,  if  the 
consignee  be  an  organization  commander,  the  original  and  two 
copies  will  be  sent  to  the  consignee  and  one  copy  to  the  property 


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and  disbursing  officer.  At  the  same  time  the  supply  depot  or  arsenal 
will  forward  one  copy  of  the  shipping  ticket  to  the  supply  bureau, 
department,  or  division,  ordering  the  shipment;  one  copy  to  the 
Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  and  one  copy  to  the  zone  property  auditor 
of  the  zone  to  which  shipment  is  made.  The  shipping  tickets  for- 
warded to  the  consignee  and  requisitioning  officers,  to  the  Chief  of 
the  Militia  Bureau,  and  to  the  supply  bureau,  department,  or  divi- 
sion, are  in  lieu  of  invoices  and  will  be  notice  to  the  officers  con- 
cerned that  the  supplies  have  been  shipped. 

(6)  Upon  receipt  of  the  supplies,  the  consignee,  if  he  be  the  prop- 
erty and  disbursing  officer,  will,  after  checking  the  articles,  fill  out 
in  duplicate  receiving  report  (P.  &  S.  Form  No.  257),  showing  the 
actual  articles  and  quantities  received.  This  receiving  report  will 
be  made  a  part  of  the  permanent  records  of  his  office  and  upon  its 
completion  he  will  match  up  the  incoming  shipping  ticket  with  the 
receiving  report  amount,  and  will  then  post  the  property  to  the 
stock  record  card,  entering  on  the  receiving  report  the  date  the 
property  is  posted — the  entry  to  show  the  initials  of  himself  or  those 
of  the  clerk  or  employee  making  it.  The  carbon  copy  of  the  receiving 
report,  signed,  will  be  forwarded  by  the  property  and  disbursing 
officer  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau.  The  original  copy  of  the 
shipping  ticket  will  be  receipted  on  its  face  by  the  property  and 
disbursing  officer  and  forwarded  to  the  supply  depot  or  arsenal 
from  which  the  articles  were  received,  which  depot  or  arsenal  will 
enter  thereon  the  money  value  of  the  shipment  and  forward  same 
to  the  supply  bureau,  department,  or  division,  ordering  the  ship- 
ment, and  this  shipping  ticket  will  be  used  as  the  basis  and  exhibit 
for  request  for  reimbursement  from  National  Guard  appropriations 
should  reimbursement  or  payment  in  cash  from  such  appropriation 
be  required.  One  copy  of  the  completed  shipping  ticket  will  be 
mailed  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  to  the 'zone  property 
auditor  hereinafter  referred  to. 

(c)  In  the  event  that  the  supplies  are  not  shipped  from  the  supply 
depot  or  arsenal  to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer,  but  should 
be  shipped  to  an  organization  commander  direct,  the  organization 
commander  will  receipt  for  the  articles  on  the  face  of  the  original  copy 
of  the  shipping  ticket  and  forward  it  to  the  supply  depot  or  arsenal 
from  which  the  articles  were  received,  which  depot  or  arsenal  will 
dispose  of  it  as  laid  down  in  the  preceding  paragraph.  The  question 
of  reimbursement  or  payment  in  cash  will  be  handled  as  laid  down 
in  the  preceding  paragraph.  The  organization  commander  will 
also  fill  out  receiving  report  in  triplicate,  retaining  one  copy  for  his 
records  and  forwarding  two  copies  to  the  property  and  disbursing 
officer,  who  will  use  one  for  posting  the  articles  to  the  particular 
organization's  loan  record  and  forward  the  second  copy  to  the  Chief 
of  the  Militia  Bureau.  The  organization  commander  to  whom  the 
shipment  was  consigned  will  enter  the  articles  so  received  on  his 
copy  of  the  loan  record  (P.  &  S.  Form  No.  263)  and  will  authenticate 
one  copy  of  the  shipping  ticket  (P.  &  S.  Form  No.  260)  and  will  mail 
it  to  the  zone  property  auditor  of  the  zone  in  which  the  organization 


240  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

is  located.  The  remaining  copy  of  the  shipping  ticket  will  be  retained 
by  the  organization  commander  as  a  voucher  to  his  property  loan 
record. 

OVER,  SHORT,  AND  DAMAGED  REPORT. 

921.  (a)  In  the  event  of  the  receipt  of  a  shipment  which  checks 
over,  short,  or  damaged,  according  to  the  shipping  ticket  (P.  &  S. 
Form  No.  260)  made  out  by  the  supplying  depot  or  arsenal,  the 
consignee,  if  he  be  the  property  and  disbursing  officer,  will  fill  out 
an  original  and  six  carbon  copies  of  an  over,  short,  and  damaged 
report  (P.  &  S.  Form  No.  261),  the  original  and  four  copies  of  which 
will  be  forwarded  by  him  to  the  depot  or  arsenal  from  which  the 
shipment  was  received.  One  copy  will  be  mailed  by  the  property 
and  disbursing  officer  to  the  zone  property  auditor,  and  the  sixth 
copy  retained  by  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  his  files 
as  a  follow-up  for  the  return  of  the  claim.  The  office  on  which  the 
claim  is  made  will  after  necessary  investigation  sign  the  original 
and  three  copies  of  the  report,  entering  the  money  value  thereon, 
and  return  the  original  and  two  copies  to  the  supply  bureau,  depart- 
ment, or  division  which  ordered  the  original  shipment.  The  two 
copies  will  be  forwarded  by  the  supply  bureau,  department,  or 
division,  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau,  who  will  retain  one  copy 
and  forward  the  other  to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer. .  The 
third  copy  in  the  hands  of  the  supply  depot  or  arsenal  will  be 
forwarded  to  the  zone  property  auditor  of  the  zone  in  which  the 
claim  is  instituted.  The  copy  received  by  the  property  and  dis- 
bursing officer  will  be  his  clearance.  . 

(6)  Where  an  organization  commander  is  the  consignee,  similar 
procedure  will  be  followed,  excepting  that  seven  carbon  copies  of 
the  over,  short,  and  damaged  report  will  be  made  out  by  him,  one 
copy  being  mailed  by  him  to  the  zone  property  auditor  and  the 
original  and  five  copies  forwarded  to  the  supply  d^pot  or  arsenal 
through  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  (who  will  retain  one 
copy  for  his  records),  and  the  seventh  copy  retained  for  the  file 
of  the  organization  commander.  The  final  action  in  the  case  as 
indicated  on  the  carbon  copy  returned  to  the  property  and  disbursing 
officer  by  the  supply  bureau  (through  the  Militia  Bureau)  will  be  noted 
by  him  on  his  retained  copy  of  the  original  papers  and  the  copy  from 
which  such  notation  is  made  will  then  be  forwarded  by  the  property 
and  disbursing  officer,  to  the  commanding  officer  of  the  organization 
which  submitted  the  original  over,  short,  and  damaged  report. 
(Changes  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.} 

(NOTE. — When  articles  are  received  by  the  property  and  dis- 
bursing officer  or  organization  commander  they  are  taken  up  as 
such  011  a  receiving  report,  not  necessarily  in  the  amount  specified 
on  the  shipping  ticket.  The  returned  approved  over,  short,  and 
damaged  report  is  a  clearance  for  the  receiving  officer  for  taking  up 
the  amount  he  actually  received.  The  copy  of  the  over,  short,  and 
damaged  report  retained  by  the  shipping  officer  is  his  voucher  for 
taking  up  or  dropping  the  articles  as  the  case  may  be.) 


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(c)  The  original  over,  short,  and  damaged  report  will  be  filed  by 
the  supply  bureau,  department,  or  division  with  the  shipping  ticket 
on  which  the  claim  is  made. 

(d)  In  the  preparation  of  over,  short,  and  damaged  reports,  cross 
reference  should  be  made  thereon  to  the  original  shipping  ticket  on 
which  the  shipment  was  received. 

(e)  In  the  event  that,  as  the  result  of  action  on  an  over,  short, 
and  damaged  report,  neither  the  shipping  depot  nor  the  carrier 
acknowledges  the  claim,  survey  proceedings  will  be  instituted  at 
once  by  the  State  to  fix  the  responsibility. 

ISSUES  BY  PROPERTY  AND  DISBURSING  OFFICERS. 

922.  As  between  the  property  and    disbursing   officer   and    the 
commanding  officers  of  organizations  to  whom  property  is  issued  by 
the  former  from  his  storehouse,  two  forms  will  be  used,  viz:  Requi- 
sition (P.  &  S.  Form  No.  160)  made  out  in  duplicate  by  the  com- 
manding officer  of  the  organization  and  one  (original)  copy  sub- 
mitted to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  and  the  other  copy 
filed  by  the  commanding  officer  of  the  organization;  and  the  ship- 
ping ticket  (P.  &  S.  Form  No.  260),  made  out  in  quadruplicate  by 
the  property  and  disbursing  officer,  two  copies  being  forwarded  to 
the  commanding  officer  of  the  organization,  one  copy  mailed  to  the 
zone  property  auditor  and  the  fourth  copy  retained  in  the  files  of 
the  property  and  disbursing  officer.     The  property  and  disbursing 
officer  will  post  the  articles  to  his  stock  record  cards  as  an  issue 
and  to  his  copy  of  the  property  loan  record  as  to  the  organization 
affected.     The  organization  commander  will,   upon  receipt  of  the 
articles  and  the  shipping  ticket,  post  the  articles  to  his  property 
loan  record  and  forward  one  copy  of  shipping  ticket  with  a  certifi- 
cate thereon  of  receipt  of  commodities  to  the  zone  property  auditor. 
The  property  and  disbursing  officer  will  maintain  a  property  loan 
record  for  each  organization  in  the  State,  and  these  records,  together 
with  the  balances  shown  on  his  stock  record  card  as  being  in  his 
storehouse,  will  indicate  the  total  amount  of  Federal  property  in 
possession  of  the  State. 

MISCELLANEOUS  TRANSFERS  OF  PROPERTY. 

923.  When  property  is  returned  by  an  organization  commander 
to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer,  shipping  ticket  (P.  &  S.  Form 
No.  260)  will  be  prepared  by  the  organization  commander  in  quad- 
ruplicate, two  copies  being  forwarded  to  the  property  and  disbursing 
officer,  one  to  the  zone  property  auditor,  and  the  fourth  retained  by 
the  organization  commander.     The  property  and  disbursing  officer 
will,  upon  receipt  of  the  articles,  and  after  matching  his  receiving 

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242  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

reports  with  the  shipping  tickets,  send  one  copy  of  the  shipping  ticket 
to  the  zone  property  auditor. 

When  a  successor  is  appointed  to  relieve  an  officer  holding  prop- 
erty on  loan,  the  new  officer  will  make  out  and  sign  duplicate  re- 
ceiving reports  covering  all  the  property  transferred,  and  give  one 
copy  to  the  officer  being  relieved.  The  officer  being  relieved  will 
drop  all  the  articles  ^sted  on  the  receiving  report  from  his  property 
loan  record  by  entering  them  in  the  column  headed  "  Returned,"  and 
file  the  property  loan  record,  and  all  vouchers  and  papers  pertaining 
to  it,  with  the  organization,  for  the  information  of  the  zone  prop- 
erty auditor  on  his  next  visit.  The  successor  will  make  out  a  new 
property  loan  record,  and  will  take  up  all  the  articles  listed  on  the 
receiving  report,  filing  the  receiving  report  as  the  first  voucher  to  the 
property  loan  record. 

924.  When  property  is  forwarded  by  an  organization  commander 
to  a  supply  or  reclamation  depot,  or  arsenal,  the  shipping  ticket  will 
be  made  in  sextuplicate,  two  copies  being  forwarded  to  the  consignee 
(who  will  send  one  to  the  zone  property  auditor  after  articles  are 
received),  two  copies  to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer  (who 
will  retain  one  and  forward  one  to  the  Militia  Bureau),  one  copy 
to  the  zone  property  auditor,  and  one  copy  retained  for  records  of 
the  organization  commander. 

925.  When  property  is  shipped  by  the  property  and  disbursing 
officer  to  a  Federal  depot  or  arsenal,  the  shipping  ticket  will  be  made 
in  quintuplicate,  two  copies  being  forwarded  to  the  consignee,  one 
copy  to  the  zone  property  auditor,  one  copy  to  the  Militia  Bureau, 
and  one  copy  retained  for  the  State  files. 

926.  The  receiving  depot  or  arsenal  will  furnish  the  Militia  Bureau 
a  copy  of  the  receiving  report  (Form  No.  257)  in  all  cases  of  receipt 
of  material,  whether  from  National  Guard  organization  commander 
or  from  the  property  and  disbursing  officer. 

INDIVIDUAL  EQUIPMENT  CARDS. 

927.  Each  enlisted  man  entitled  to  individual  equipment  will  be 
provided  with  an  individual  equipment  card  (Form  No.  637,  A.  G.  O.) 
which  will  be  kept  in  the  office  of  the  company  or  detachment  com- 
mander.    Upon  receipt  of  his  equipment  he  will  sign  for  it  in  place 
provided  therefor,  and  will  at  all  times  be  prepared  to  produce  such 
equipment  when  called  upon  to  do  so.     When  articles  are  to  be  turned 
in  (not  in  exchange  for  new)  his  immediate  commander  will  deliver 
same  to  supply  officer  and  obtain  signed  copy  of  receiving  report 
from  the  receiving  clerk.     This  receipt  will  show  the  name  of  the 
enlisted  man,  and  will  be  filed  in  the  organization  until  the  next 
visit  of  the  auditor,  when  it  will  be  destroyed.     The  receipting  by 
the  enlisted  man  for  his  individual  equipment  will  not  relieve  the 
National  Guard  authorities  from  seeing  that  the  equipment  is  not 
removed  from  the  armory  for  other  than  military  purposes. 


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SURVEYS. 

928.  (a)  Survey    proceedings    for    property    lost,    damaged,    or 
destroyed  will  be  as  heretofore  provided  by  law  and  regulations, 
excepting  that  four,  instead  of  three,  copies  of  report  of  survey  will 
be  submitted  by  the  State  to  the  chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau.     If 
the  dropping  of  the  property  is  to  be  authorized,  the  original  report 
will  be  forwarded  to  the  Property  Account  Branch,  Office  of  Director 
of  Finance,  Washington,  D.  C.,  one  copy  forwarded  to  the  zone 
property  auditor  who  is  charged  with  auditing  the  property  accounts 
from  which  the  property  is  to  be  dropped,  one  copy  filed  with  the 
records  of  the  Militia  Bureau,,  and  one  copy  returned  to  the. property 
and  disbursing  officer  concerned. 

(b)  The  various  papers  on  which  property  was  received  or  dropped 
should  be  filed  numerically  and  all  numbers  of  requisitions,  shipping 
tickets,  receiving  reports,  surveys,  and  over,  short,  or  damaged 
reports,  must  be  accounted  for. 

RETURNS. 

929.  Beginning  July  1,  1919  no  returns  will  be  made  to  Wash- 
ington for  any  property  issued  to  the  States,  final. returns  for  all 
classes  of  property  being  rendered  as  of  June  30,  1919. 

ZONE  PROPERTY  AUDITORS. 

930.  The  United  States  has  been  divided  into  zones,  under  the 
the  supervision  of  the  Director  of  Finance,  and  a  corps  of  property 
auditors  has  been  established  for  the  purpose  of  visiting  the  various 
depots,  camps,  stations,  and  army  posts  for  the  purpose  of  auditing 
the  property  accounts  concerned.     The  jurisdiction  of  these  auditors 
has  been  extended  to  include  the  property  issued  to  States  for  Na- 
tional Guard  purposes.     These  auditors  will  visit  the  property  and 
disbursing  officers  and  the  National  Guard  organizations  at  irregular 
intervals  and  should  be  afforded  every  facility  at  the  armories, 
storerooms  and  offices  to  enable  a  thorough  audit.     A  list  showing 
the  names  and  addresses  of  these  auditors  and  the  States  embraced 
within  their  respective  zones  will  be  furnished  the  State  adjutants 
general  and  the  property  and  disbursing  officers  from  time  to  time 
by  the  Militia  Bureau. 

BLANK  FORMS. 

931.  A  supply  of  necessary  forms  for  use  in  connection  with  the 
property  accounting  system  will  be  furnished  upon  receipt  of  requi- 
sitions therefor. 

932.  All  orders  and  regulations  in  conflict  with   the  foregoing 
system  of  property  accounting  are  revoked. 

933.  The  tables  following  show  the  use  of  the  forms  described 
above. 


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ARTICLE  XVII. 
ARMORY  DRILL  PAY. 

934.  In  order  that  officers  and  enlisted  men  may  receive  com- 
pensation for  service  in  the  National  Guard  not  in  the  service  of  the 
United  States  under  the  provisions  of  sections  109  and  110,  act  of 
June  3,  1916,  the  reports  required  by  paragraphs  502  and  503  will  be 
rendered. 

935.  In  addition  to  the  above,  pay  rolls  in  duplicate  on  Forms  367 
and  367a,  War  Department,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  adjutants  gen- 
eral of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  National  Guard 
on  December  31  and  June  30  of  each  year.     A  triplicate  copy  will  be 
retained  in  the  organization's  records.     The  adjutants  general  of  the 
States,  Territory,  and  District  of  Columbia  will  carefully  scrutinize 
the  pay  rolls  in  order  to  eliminate  and  correct  obvious  errors  in 
preparation,  and  when  the  rolls  of  all  organizations  have  been  assem- 
bled, and  not  before  then,  they  will   forward  them  direct  to  the 
department  commander  for  necessary  action. 

936.  (a)  These  pay  rolls  are  not  only  the  guide  for  the  prompt  pay- 
ment of  the  men  interested  but  when  filed  in  the  Treasury  Depart- 
ment they  become  the  record  to  which  reference  will  thereafter  be 
had  in  the  investigation  and  settlement  of  questions  affecting  the 
pay  of  the  men  whose  names  are  borne  thereon  for  the  period  in- 
volved.    All  officers  are  therefore  enjoined  to  exercise  every  care  to 
make  the  pay  rolls  with  which  they  are  concerned  complete. 

(b)  Composition. — A  pay  roll  will  be  made  up  of  one  Form  367  and 
as  many  Forms  367a  as  may  be  necessary,  fastened  together  along  the 
edge  indicated  by  sewing  or  by  means  of  a  stapling  machine  or  other 
permanent  fastening,  but  not  by  use  of  glue  or  mucilage. 

(c)  Typewritten  and  carbon  copies .  — The  prep  ar ation  of  p  ay  rolls  on  a 
typewriting  machine  is  authorized,  provided  a  record  ribbon  is  used. 
The  making  of  carbon  copies  is  also  authorized,  but  they  must  be 
clear  and  legible  throughout,  and  the  original  copy  and  the  first 
carbon  will  be  furnished  the  adjutants  general  of  the  State,  Terri- 
tory or  the  District  of  Columbia.     Carboncopies  that  are  not  clear  and 
legible  throughout  should  not  be  accepted,  and  should  be  returned. 

(d)  Names  to  be  entered  on  roll. — The  names  of  all  officers  and 
enlisted  men  belonging  to  the  organizations  will  be  entered  on  the 
roll  whether  they  are  present  or  absent,  and  will  be  entered  in  the 
column  " Names,  present  and  absent,  and  rank"  in  the  following 

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order:  First,  commissioned  officers  by  grade.  Second,  noncom- 
missioned officers  in  the  order  of  the  grades  given  in  paragraph  9, 
Army  Regulations,  1913,  the  names  under  each  grade  heading  appear- 
ing hi  the  order  of  the  dates  of  warrants.  Third,  all  others  except 
musicians  and  privates  in  alphabetical  order  of  grade.  Fourth, 
musicians.  Fifth,  privates.  The  names  of  enlisted  men  under  each 
grade  heading,  except  noncommissioned  officers,  will  appear  alpha- 
betically (lance  corporals  will  be  carried  under  the  heading  "  Pri- 
vates. ")  The  names  and  the  headings  will  follow  one  another 
without  interval  except  when  made  necessary  by  the  use  of  two  or 
more  lines  in  the  column  of  remarks  after  a  name.  Men  on  detached 
service  will  be  carried  on  the  roll  hi  their  proper  place,  with  remarks 
showing  them  on  detached  service  and  the  place  (example,  with 
machine-gun  company,  etc.).  In  the  case  of  privates,  the  last  name 
will  be  written  first — e.  g.,  Smith,  John  A.,  and  not  John  A.  Smith. 
The  first  name  will  be  written  in  full.  Care  will  be  taken  to  have  the 
names  correctly  spelled,  and  the  dates  of  rank  of  officers  and  the 
dates  of  settlement  of  enlisted  men  must  be  correct. 

937.  The  following  authorized  abbreviations  will  be  used  in  the 
preparation  of  pay  rolls  and  under  no  circumstances  will  any  others 
be  used. 


BRANCHES   OF  THE   SERVICE. 

Cavalry — Cav. 

Coast  Artillery— CA. 

Dental  Corps— DC. 

Engineers — Engrs. 

Field  Artillery— FA, 

Hospital  Corps— HC. 

Infantry — Inf. 

Medical  Corps— MC. 

Medical  Reserve  Corps— MRC. 

Ordnance  Department — Ord.  Dept. 

Philippine  Scouts — PS. 

Porto  Rico  Regiment  of  Infantry— PRRI. 

Quartermaster  Corps — QMC. 

Signal  Corps — Sig.  Cps. 

DEPARTMENTS,  ETC. 

Eastern  Department — E.  Dept. 
Central  Department — C.  Dept. 
Hawaiian  Department — H.  Dept. 
Northeastern  Department — N.  E.  Dept. 
Philippine  Department — P.  Dept. 
Southern  Department — S.  Dept. 
Southeastern  Department — S.  E.  Dept. 
Western  Department— West  Dept. 
War  Department— WD. 
Coast  Defenses— C.  Def. 
District— Dist. 
Division — Div. 


GRADES,  ETC. 

Company. 

Artificer — Art. 

Chief  Mechanic— Ch.  Mec. 

Cook— Ck. 

Corporal — Corp. 

Farrier— Far. 

First  Sergeant— 1st  Sgt. 

Horseshoer — Hs . 

Mechanic — Mec. 

Mess  Sergeant — Mess  Sgt. 

Musician — Mus. 

Private— Pvt. 

Quartermaster  Sergeant — Qm.  Sgt. 

Sergeant — Sgt. 

Sergeant  Major — Sgt.  Maj. 

Stable  Sergeant— Stab.  Sgt. 

Trumpeter — Trum. 

Wagoner — Wag. 

BATTALION,  SQUADRON,  AND  REGIMENTAL. 

Battalion  (Squadron)  Quartermaster  Ser- 
geant—Bn.  (Sq.)  Qm.  Sgt. 

Battalion  (Squadron)  Sergeant  Major— 
Bn.  (Sq.)  Qm.  Sgt.  Maj. 

Chief  Musician — Ch.  Mus. 

Chief  Trumpeter— Ch.  Trum. 

Color  Sergeant— Col.  Sgt.     . 


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Drum  Major — Dm.  Maj. 
Principal  Musician — Prin.  Mus. 
Regimental  Commissary  Sergeant — Regt. 

Com.  Sgt. 
Regimental     Quartermaster     Sergeant — 

Regt.  Qm.  Sgt. 
Regimental    Sergeant  Major — Regt.  Sgt. 

Maj. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Casemate  Electrician — Cm.  Elec. 

Chief  Loader— Ch.  Load. 

Chief  Planter— Ch.  Plan. 

Engineer — Engr. 

First-class  Electrician  Sergeant— Icl.Elec. 

Sgt. 

Fireman — Fm. 

First-class  Gunner — Icl.  Gun. 
First-class  Sergeant — Icl.  Sgt. 
Gun  Commander — Gn.  Comdr. 
Gun  Pointer— Gn.  Ptr. 
Junior  Sergeant  Major — Jr.  Sgt.  Maj. 
Master  Electrician — Mr.  Elec. 
Master  Gunner — Mr.  Gun. 
Master  Signal  Electrician — Mr.  Sig.  Elec. 
Observer,  first  class — Obs.  Icl. 
Observer,  second  class — Obs.  2cl. 
Plotter— Plot. 
Second-class    Electrician  Sergeant — 2cl. 

Elec  Sgt. 

Second-class  Gunner — 2cl.  Gun. 
Senior  Sergeant  Major — Sr.  Sgt.  Maj. 
Sergeant,  first  class — Sgt.  Icl. 

MONTHS. 
January — Jan. 
February — Feb. 
March — Mch. 
April — Apr. 
August — Aug. 
September — Sep. 
October— Oct. 
November — Nov. 
December — Dec. 

ORDERS. 

Battery  Orders— 0. 

Company  Orders — O. 

Current  Series— CS. 

Field  Orders— FO. 

General  Orders— GO 

General  Orders,  Coast  Defenses — GO.  C. 

Def. 
General  Orders,  Post— GOP. 


Regimental  Orders— RO. 

Special  Orders— SO. 

Special   Orders,  Coast   Defenses— -SO.  C. 

Def. 

Special  Orders,  Post— SOP. 
Troop  Orders— 0 
Verbal    Orders,    Battery    Commander — 

VOBC. 
Verbal  Orders,  Company  Commander — 

VOCC. 

Verbal  Orders,  Post  Commander— VO PC. 
Verbal  Orders,  Regimental  Commander — 

VORC. 
Verbal     Orders,     Troop     Commander — 

VOTC. 

ORGANIZATION. 

Battalion— Bn. 

Battalion  (Squadron)  Noncommissioned 

Staff— Bn.  (Sq.)  NCS. 
Battery— Btry. 
Company — Co. 

Machine-Gun  Company — MGCo. 
Noncommissioned  Staff — NCS. 
Noncommissioned  Staff,  Coast  Artillery — 

NCSCA. 

Regiment — Regt. 
Regimental     Noncommissioned     Staff — 

RNCS. 

Squadron — Sq. 
Troop— Tr. 

STATES. 

Alabama— Ala. 
Arizona — Ariz. 
Arkansas — Ark. 
California — Cal. 
Colorado — Colo. 
Connecticut — Conn. 
Delaware — Del. 
District  of  Columbia— D.  0. 
Florida— Fla. 
Georgia — Ga. 
Illinois— HI. 
Indiana — Ind. 
Kansas — Kans . 
Kentucky — Ky. 
Louisiana — La. 
Maine — Me. 
Maryland — Md. 
Massachusetts — Mas3. 
Michigan — Mich. 
Minnesota — Minn. 
Mississippi — Miss. 


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Missouri — Mo. 
Montana — Mont. 
Nebraska — Nebr. 
Nevada — Nev. 
New  Hampshire — N.  H. 
New  Jersey — N.  J. 
New  Mexico — N.  Mex. 
New  York— N.  Y. 
North  Carolina— N.  C. 
North  Dakota— N.  Dak. 
Oklahoma— Okla. 
Oregon — Oreg. 
Pennsylvania — Pa. 
Rhode  Island— R.  I. 
South  Carolina — S.  C. 
South  Dakota— S.  Dak. 
Tennessee — Tenn. 
Texas— Tex. 
Vermont— Vt. 
Virginia — Va . 
Washington — Wash . 
West  Virginia— W.  Va. 
Wisconsin — Wis. 
Wyoming — Wyo . 

(Hawaii,  Idaho,  Iowa,  Ohio,  and  Utah 
should  not  be  abbreviated.) 

TITLES,      DESIGNATIONS,      AND      OFFICERS. 

Adjutant  General — AG. 

Adjutant  General's  Office— AGO. 

Captain — Capt. 

Colonel— Col. 

Lieutenant — Lt. 

Lieutenant  Colonel — Lt  CoL 

Major — Maj. 

Quartermaster — QM. 

Quartermaster  General — QMG. 

Quartermaster  General's  Office — QMGO. 

The  Adjutant  General  U.  S.  Army— AGA. 

MISCELLANEOUS. 

Absent  without  leave — Awoi. 
Appointed — Aptd. 
Appointment — Apmt. 
Article  of  War— AW. 
Artillery  District— ADist. 
Assistant — Asst. 
Barracks — Bks. 
Cent  (s)— $. 

Civil  authorities,  in  hands  of — In  hands 
CAuth. 


Disch. 


Classification — Class. 

Clothing— Clo. 

Commanding — Comdg. 

Continued — Contd . 

Descriptive  list — DL. 

Department — Dept . 

Detached  service — DS. 

Detachment — Det. 

Discharge  J 

Discharged) 

Discontinued — Discontd. 

Enlistment— Enl. 

Extra  duty— ED. 

Expiration  of  term  of  service — ETS. 

Fort— Ft. 

From— FT. 

Hawaiian  Islands — HI. 

Headquarters — Hq. 

Hospital — Hosp. 

Inclusive — Inc. 

Indorsement — Ind. 

Line  of  duty — LD. 

Month  (s)  — mo  (a). 

National  Guard— NG. 

Ordnance — Ord. 

Organized  Militia — OM. 

Paid— Pd. 

Paragraph — Par. 

Philippine  Islands — PI. 

Post  Hospital— PH. 

Qualification — Qual . 

Quarters — Qrs . 

Reappointed — Reaptd. 

Reduced— Rd. 

Received — Reed. 

Reenlistment — Reenl. 

Regimental — Regtl. 

Relieved— Reid. 

Requalified — Requal. 

Same  date — sd. 

Sentence  of  summary  court — Sent  SO. 

Sentenced — Sentd . 

Soldier — Sol. 

Special  duty— -SD. 

Subsistence — Sub. 

Surgeon's  certificate  of  disability — SCD. 

Switchboard  operator — SbO. 

Transportation — Trans. 

United  States— US. 

United  States  Army— USA. 

Voucher — Vou. 

Warrant— Wrnt. 


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938.  Above  the  certificates  on  first  page  of  Form  367  will  be 
written  " National  Guard,  State  of  (write  name  of  State).7'     The 
certificate  on  the  upper  left-hand  corner  on  first  page  of  Form  367 
will  be  signed  on  all  three  copies  by  the  officers  submitting  the  pay 
rolls.     The  muster  certificate,  by  an  officer  of  the  Regular  Army, 
immediately  below  it,  will  not  be  signed.     The  certificate  in  the  upper 
right-hand  corner  of  Form  367  and  the  certificate  immediately  below 
it  will  not  be  signed.     The  certificate  and  oath  across  the  lower 
portion  of  the  front  page  of  Form  367  will  have  the  following  added 
to  it  with  pen  and  ink:  "That  all  officers  and  enlisted  men  on  this 
roll  qualified  as  members  of  the  National  Guard  by  the  prescribed 
oath  on  the  date  set  opposite  their  names  under  ' Remark;'  that  this 
organization  was  recognized  as  National  Guard  (month,  day),  19 — ; 
that  this  organization  has  had  the  prescribed  average  attendance  for 
the  semiannual  period  covered  by  this  roll,1  and  was  mustered  out 
of  Federal  service  (month  and  day),  19 — ."     The  oath  will  be  sworn 
and  subscribed  to  by  the  officers  submitting  pay  rolls  before  a  notary 
public  or  an  officer  competent  to  administer  oaths.     If  sworn  to  before 
a  notary  public,  it  must  bear  the  impress  of  the  notarial  seal. 

939.  Under  " Remarks"  on  Form  367  all  data  affecting  an  officer's 
or  enlisted  man's  pay  will  be  entered  opposite  the  name  of  the  person 
concerned  as  follows: 

(a)  The  date  of  qualification  as  National  Guard  by  the  oath  re- 
quired will  be  stated  opposite  each  name  as  follows:  "Qualified 
(month  and  day),  19—." 

(6)  The  number  of  armory  drills  attended  during  the  semiannual 
period  which  can  be  credited  under  the  regulations  thereon  will  be 
stated  as  follows:  "Attended  (number)  drills." 

(c)  All  changes  of  grade  or  rank;  in  case  of  appointment  or  reduc- 
tion the  number,  date,  and  source  of  order  will  be  stated. 

(d)  All  authorized  stoppages. 

(e)  Everything  else  affecting  the  pay  of  an  officer  or  enlisted  man, 
so  as  to  insure  justice  to  him  and  to  the  United  States.     As  many 
lines  as  may  be  necessary  to  avoid  crowding  will  be  taken  after  each 
name,  and  only  one  line  of  written  or  typewritten  matter  will  be 
placed  on  one  ruled  line. 

940.  The  number  of  days'  pay  due  shown  in  the  first  column  of 
Form  367a  will  be  the  number  of  days,  except  for  the  period,  if  any, 
when  lawfully  entitled  to  the  same  pay  of  corresponding  grade  in 
the  Regular  Army,  commencing  with  the  day  qualified  to  and  in- 
cluding the  end  of  the  semiannual  period,  December  31,  19 — ,  or 
June  30,  191 — ,  date  of  discharge,  or  furlough  to  the  Reserve.     This 
column  will  be  filled  in  by  the  officer  making  out  the  pay  rolls.     The 
remaining  five  columns  on  this  sheet  (Form  367a)  will  not  be  filled 

1  This  part  will  be  written  only  where  applicable. 


252  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

in,  except  by  the  officer  of  the  Quartermaster  Corps  of  the  Regular 
Army  making  the  payment.  However,  on  receipt  of  the  checks  for 
delivery  to  the  members  of  the  organization,  the  commanding  officer 
thereof  will  enter  the  amount  of  the  check  for  each  member  opposite 
his  name  in  the  column  "Balance  paid"  on  his  triplicate  pay  roll, 
which  is  retained  hi  the  organization's  records. 

941.  Signatures  on  the  pay  rolls   (Form  367a)   are  required  for 
cash  payments  only.     Therefore,  the  members  of  organizations  will 
not  sign  the  pay  roll,  original  or  duplicate.     On  the  triplicate  the 
heading  "Signature  for  cash,  etc."  will  be  changed  with  pen  and 
ink  to  read  "Received  check  for  amount  opposite  my  name,"  and 
the   commanding  officer   of   the   organization   upon   delivering   the 
checks  to  the  respective  members  thereof  will  have  them  sign  opposite 
their  names  for  the  checks  delivered  to  them.     Where  the  signature 
of  a  member  can  not  be  secured,  a  memorandum  on  a  separate  piece 
of  paper  will  be  secured  acknowledging  receipt  of  check. 

942.  All  payments  will  be  made  by  check  by  the  designated  dis- 
bursing officer  of  the    Quartermaster   Corps  in  the  department  in 
which  the  State  is  geographically  located.     The  checks  will  be  sent 
to  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State  concerned,  who  will  forward 
them  to  the  respective  organization  commanders  for  delivery  by  them 
to  the  members  of  their  organizations.     Checks  which  can  not  be 
delivered  to  a  member  of  the  National  Guard  within  20  days  from 
the  date  of  receipt  by  an  organization  commander  will  be  returned 
by  him  to  the  disbursing  officer  of  the   Quartermaster  Corps  who 
issued  said  check,  with  a  letter  of  transmittal  stating  the  reasons 
for  nondelivery. 

943.  The  period  of  service — i.  e.,  the  number  of  days  an  officer  or 
enlisted  man  has  served  in  the  National  Guard — is  the  actual  and 
primary  basis  for  computing  pay,  contingent  upon  the  number  of 
drills  he  may  have  attended,  for  which  there  is  a  minimum  to  become 
entitled  to  any  pay  and  upon  the  following  conditions  (see  Par.  491): 

(a)  Pay  can  only  accrue  for  any  member  of  a  company,  troop, 
battery,  or  detachment  from  the  date  of  recognition  by  the  War 
Department  as  National  Guard  of  the  organization  of  which  he  is  a 
member. 

(6)  Pay  can  only  accrue  for  any  member  of  the  National  Guard 
from  the  date  he  has  individually  qualified  as  a  member  of  the 
National  Guard  by  taking  the  oath  prescribed. 

(c)  Pay  can  only  accrue  for  any  member  of  a  company,  troop, 
battery,  or  detachment  where  the  organization  of  which  he  is  a  mem- 
ber has  had  the  prescribed  average  attendance  for  the  semiannual 
period. 

(d)  Pay  can  only  accrue  for  any  member  of  the  National  Guard 
for  periods  exclusive  of  the  time  while  in  the  service  of  the  United 


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States  or  at  a  camp  of  instruction  or  of  any  other  time  for  which 
service  he  may  become  lawfully  entitled  to  the  same  pay  of  corre- 
sponding grade  in  the  Regular  Army. 

944.  The  initial  date  on  which  pay  may  become  due  for  any  man 
who  is  qualified  for  pay  under  paragraph  943  above  may  be  deter- 
mined as  follows: 

(a)  For  a  member  of  the  National  Guard  who  was  not  called  into 
the  service  of  the  United  States  from  the  date  of  recognition  as 
National  Guard  of  the  organization  of  which  he  is  a  member,  pro- 
vided he  has  already  individually  qualified  as  a  member  of  the 
National  Guard  by  taking  the  oath  prescribed,  otherwise  from  the 
date  of  individual  qualification  as  a  member  of  the  National  Guard. 

(b)  For  a  member  of  the  National  Guard  in,  or  who  may  have  been 
in,  the  service  of  the  United  States  up  to  the  date  immediately  pre- 
ceding his  entry  into  Federal  service  and  from  and  including  the 
date  immediately  following  that  of  his  separation  from  such  Federal 
service. 

945.  Pay  of  members  of  the  National  Guard  for  a  semiannual 
period  or  fraction  thereof  will  be  calculated  as  indicated  below: 

GENERAL  PRINCIPLES. 

(A)  The  period  for  which  a  soldier  is  entitled  to  pay  is  calculated 
upon  a  basis  of  30  days  for  a  month.     The  day  of  enlistment  and 
the  day  of  discharge  or  other  separation  from  service  in  the  actual 
National  Guard  are  included  in  the  period  of  service. 

(B)  The  number  of  days'   service  for  which  a  member  of  the 
National  Guard    is  qualified  for  pay  may  be  paid  at  a  minimum  or 
maximum  rate  or  at  intermediate  rates. 

(C)  To  be  entitled  to  pay,  the  ratio  of  the  number  of  drills  attended 
by  a  soldier  to  24  must  not  be  less  than  the  ratio  of  the  number  of 
days  of  service  to  360.     This  is  the  basis  for  the  minimum  rate. 

(D)  To  be  entitled  to  the  maximum  pay,  the  ratio  of  the  drills 
attended  by  a  soldier  to  48  must  not  be  less  than  the  ratio  of  the 
number  of  days  of  service  to  360.     This  is  the  basis  for  the  maximum 
pay.     Drills  in  excess  of  the  number  corresponding  to  the  maximum 
pay  will  not  be  included  in  the  calculation  of  pay. 

(E)  To  be  entitled  to  the  intermediate  rates  of  pay,  the  number  of 
drills  attended  must  exceed  the  minimum  number  of  drills  required 
and  be  less  than  the  maximum  number  of  drills  corresponding  to  the 
maximum  pay. 

(F)  The  amount  due  a  soldier  entitled  to  pay  for  any  number  of 
days  is  determined  by  multiplying  the  maximum  pay  for  the  period 
of  service  by  the  ratio  of  the  number  of  drills  attended  during  the 
period  to  the  number  of  drills  corresponding  to  the  maximum  pay 
for  the  period. 


254  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

APPLICATION  OP  THE  FOREGOING  PRINCIPLES  BY  EXAMPLE. 

946.  A  private  enlists  or  qualifies  as  a  member  of  the  National 
Guard  by  the  required  oath  August  11,  1916.  On  December  31  he 
has  served  140  days  (General  principle  "A")- 

To  ascertain  whether  he  is  entitled  to  pay  — 

Let  x  =  the  minimum  number  of  drills  required.  Then  x  :  24  :  : 
140  :  360. 


24  X  140 


~9J  or  10  —  i.  e.,  the  soldier  must  have   attended  at 


least  10  drills.     (General  principle  "C.") 

To  ascertain  whether  he  is  entitled  to  the  maximum  pay  — 
x  :  48  :  :  140  :  360. 


48X140 
360 


18 §,  or  19 — i.  e.,  the  soldier  must  have  attended  at 


least  19  drills  to  entitle  him  to  the  maximum  pay.     (General  prin- 
ciple "D.") 

947.  A  table  may  be  calculated  showing  the  maximum  pay  for  the 
different  grades  for  every  number  of  days  in  a  six-months'  period. 
This  may  be  used  to  facilitate  the  calculation  of  pay  for  an  officer  or 
soldier  for  any  number  of  days  of  service  during  which  he  is  entitled 
to  pay  at  the  minimum,  maximum,  and  intermediate  rates. 

948.  To  simplify  the  figuring  of  pay  in  line  with  the  procedure 
outlined  in  this  paragraph,  a  table,  based  on  periods  of  service,  and 
giving  for  each  period  the  number  of  drills  required  to  entitle  a  mem- 
ber of  the  National  Guard  to  minimum  and  maximum  pay  is  given 
below: 


Num- 

Num- 

Num- 

Num- 

Num- 

Num- 

ber of 

ber  of 

ber  of 

ber  of 

ber  of 

ber  of 

Number  of  days 
of  service. 

drills 
for 
mini- 

drills 
for 
maxi- 

Number of  days 
of  service. 

drills 
for 
mini- 

drills 
for 
maxi- 

Number of  days 
of  service. 

drills 
for 
mini- 

drills 
for 
maxi- 

mum 

mum 

mum 

mum 

mum 

mum 

pay. 

pay. 

pay. 

pay. 

Pay. 

pay. 

1  to  8  

1 

121  to  128.... 

9 

17 

241  to  248... 

17 

33 

9  to  15 

1 

2 

129  to  135  

9 

18 

249  to  255. 

17 

34 

16  to  23 

2 

3 

136  to  143 

10 

19 

256  to  263 

18 

35 

24  to  30.... 

2 

4 

144  to  150  

10 

20 

264  to  270.     . 

18 

36 

31  to  38 

3 

5 

151  to  158 

11 

21 

271  to  278 

19 

37 

39  to  45  

3 

6 

159  to  165  

11 

22 

279  to  285... 

19 

38 

46  to  53.  .. 

4 

7 

166  to  173.  .  . 

12 

23 

286to2P3 

20 

39 

54  to  60 

4 

8 

174  to  180 

12 

24 

294  to  300 

20 

40 

61  to  68.  . 

5 

9 

181  to  188  

13 

25 

301  to  308.  . 

21 

41 

69  to  75 

5 

10 

189  to  195 

13 

26 

309  to  315 

21 

42 

76  to  83  

6 

11 

196  to  203  

14 

27 

316  to  323  

22 

43 

84  to  90. 

6 

12 

204  to  210.  ... 

14 

28 

324  to  330 

22 

44 

91  to  98 

7 

13 

211  to  218 

15 

29 

331  to  338 

23 

45 

99  to  105  .. 

7 

14 

219  to  225  

15 

30 

339  to  345.  .. 

23 

46 

106  to  113.  . 

g 

15 

226  to  233 

16 

31 

346  to  353 

24 

47 

114  to  120  

8 

16 

234  to  240  

16 

32 

354  to  360  

24 

48 

NATIONAL    GUAED    KEGULATIONS.  255 

949.  Particular  attention  is  invited  to  the  following: 

The  percentages  required  in  paragraph  491  (a)  are  calculated  on 
the  average  attendance  at  drills  for  each  semiannual  period  and  not 
for  each  drill.  For  example,  assume  an  infantry  company  whose 
actual  strength  in  officers  has  averaged  two  and  one-half  officers  during 
the  period  of  drills  and  whose  prescribed  minimum  peace  strength  is  100 
men.  Assume  that  the  company  had  the  minimum  number  of  drills 
for  pay,  or  24,  for  the  semiannual  period;  then  the  attendance  re- 
quired to  qualify  for  pay  would  be  for  officers,  2*/2  by  24  by  50%,  or 
a  total  attendance  of  30,  and  the  attendance  required  of  enlisted  men 
would  be  100  by  24  by  60%,  or  a  total  attendance  of  1,440  for  the  24 
drills.  (Changes  No.  1,  Dec.  18,  1919.} 

950.  The  second  proviso  of  section  110,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  applies 
to  payment  for  the  first  semiannual  period,  January  1  to  June  30  of 
each  year.     A  number  of  drills  attended  during  the  first  semiannual 
period  less  than  24  is  credited  on  the  second  semiannual  period  for  deter- 
mining the  yearly  qualification  for  pay.     Provided  the  total  number 
of  drills  attended  during  these  two  periods  is  at  least  24,  the  number 
of  days'  service  in  the  first  semiannual  period  together  with  the  num- 
ber of  days'  service  in  the  second  semiannual  period  are  paid  for  at 
the  end  of  the  year,  December  31. 

951.  The  third  proviso  of  section  110,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  applies 
only  to  men  enlisted  during  the  year.     It  does  not  apply  to  men 
entering  into  an  immediate  reenlistment.     It  does  not  apply  to  men 
enlisting  in  the  first  semiannual  period,  January  1  to  June  30,  for  the 
reason  that  it  is  considered  only  in  connection  with  the  proportional 
compensation  for  a  full  year,  and  the  year  for  computing  pay  com- 
mences January  1  and  terminates  December  31.     Qualification  under 
section  70,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  will  be  regarded  as  an  original  enlist- 
ment respecting  pay  as  provided  in  section  110,  act  of  June  3,  1916. 

952.  The  third  proviso  of  section  110,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  applies 
only  to  men  whose  active  enlistment  period  expires  in  three  years, 
and  not  to  men  discharged  prior  to  the  completion  of  three  years' 
:  active  service. 


ARTICLE  XVIII. 
CARE  OF  ANIMALS  AND  MATERIEL. 

(Sec.  90,  act  of  June  3,  1916.) 

953.  Competent  enlisted  men  may  be  detailed  as  helpers  for  each 
troop  of  cavalry,  each  battery  and  each  headquarters  company  of 
field  artillery,  each  engineer  company  or  headquarters  detachment, 
engineer  regiment,  each  ambulance  company,  each  field  hospital  com- 
pany, each  signal  company,  and  each  machine-gun  troop  and  company 
of  the  National  Guard  by  the  troop,  battery,  or  company  commander, 
for  the  care  of  the  materiel  and  equipment  and  of  the  animals  for 
which  supplies  are  furnished  from  Federal  funds,  in  a  troop,  a  bat- 
tery, a  company,  a  squadron  headquarters,  a  battalion  headquarters, 
or  a  regimental  headquarters.     The  men  detailed  as  helpers  must  be 
duly  enlisted  in  the  troop,  battery,  or  company  in  which  they  are 
detailed,  and  may  hold  any  grade  or  appointment  pertaining  to  en- 
listed men  hi  the  organization  to  which  they  belong.     At  least  one 
of  the  helpers  in  each  battery  must  be  skilled  in  the  use  of  tools  and 
must  be  familiar  with  the  field  artillery  materiel  and  its  repair  and 
preservation,  and  one  helper  hi  each  organization  must  be  a  qualified 
horseshoer.     Where  no  helper  so  qualified  can  be  obtained  shoeing 
for  the  authorized  horses  of  the  organization  will  be  paid  from  Federal 
funds,  in  which  cases  the  vouchers  must  be  accompanied  by  a  certifi- 
cate from  the'  organization  commander  to  the  effect  that  it  was  im- 
possible to  obtain  a  qualified  member  of  the  organization  to  do  the 
work.     All  helpers  must  understand  stable  duties  and  the  care  and 
training  of  horses. 

954.  Allotments  will  be  made  to  the  property  and  disbursing  officer 
of  the  State,  Territory,  or  District  of  Columbia  from  the  appropria- 
tion under  the  act  of  Congress,  to  compensate  the  men  detailed  for 
care  of  animals  for  which  supplies  are  furnished  from  Federal  funds, 
for  each  troop,  battery,  or  company  stationed  separately  and  not  to 
exceed  five  men  in  each  such  organization,  at  a  monthly  rate  not  to 
exceed: 

For  a  battery  having  no  horses,  $75. 

For  a  battery  having  less  than  6  horses,  $150. 

For  a  battery  having  from  6  to  11  horses,  inclusive,  $225. 

For  a  battery  having  from  12  to  17  horses,  inclusive,  $300. 

For  a  battery  having  from  18  to  24  horses,  inclusive,  $375. 

For  a  battery  having  from  25  to  32  horses,  inclusive,  $450. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  257 

For  a  troop  of  cavalry,  a  headquarters  company  of  field  artillery, 
an  infantry  machine-gun  company,  an  engineer  company,  an  ambu- 
lance company,  a  field  hospital  company,  or  signal  company  having 
no  horses,  or  less  than  6  horses,  $75. 

For  a  troop  of  cavalry,  a  headquarters  company  of  field  artillery, 
an  engineer  company,  an  ambulance  company,  a  field  hospital  com- 
pany, or  signal  company  having  from  6  to  11  horses,  inclusive,  $150. 

For  a  troop  of  cavalry,  a  headquarters  company  of  field  artillery, 
an  engineer  company,  an  ambulance  company,  a  field  hospital  com- 
pany, or  a  signal  company  having  from  12  to  17  horses,  inclusive, 
$225. 

For  a  troop  of  cavalry,  a  headquarters  company  of  field  artillery, 
an  engineer  company,  an  ambulance  company,  a  field  hospital  com- 
pany, or  a  signal  company  having  from  18  to  24  horses,  inclusive, 
$300. 

For  a  troop  of  cavalry,  a  headquarters  company  of  field  artillery, 
an  engineer  company,  an  ambulance  company,  a  field  hospital  com- 
pany, or  a  signal  company  having  from  25  to  32  horses,  inclusive, 
$375. 

For  a  machine-gun  troop  or  company  having  4  horses,  $75. 

955.  When  the  horses  and  materiel  of  several  field  artillery  organ- 
izations are  grouped  in  one  stable,  the  allowance  for  helpers  will  be 
the  same  as  for  a  single  battery  having  the  number  of  horses  in  the 
group.     When  the  number  of  horses  so  grouped  exceeds  32,   the 
allowance  will  be  further  increased  by  $75  per  month  for  each  5  horses 
in  excess  of  32,  provided  that  the  number  of  horses  in  any  group  does 
not  exceed  32  for  each  battery  and  4  for  each  battalion  and  regi- 
mental headquarters  in  the  group. 

956.  When  the  horses  of  several  cavalry  organizations,  engineer 
companies,  ambulance  companies,  field  hospital  companies,  signal 
companies,  or  machine-gun  troops  or  companies  are  grouped  in  one 
stable,  the  allowance  for  helpers  will  be  the  same  as  for  a  single  troop, 
engineer  company,  ambulance  company,  field  hospital  company,  or 
signal  company  having  the  number  of  animals  in  the  group.     When 
the  number  of  horses  so  grouped  exceeds  32,  the  allowance  will  be 
increased  by  $75  per  month  for  each  8  horses  in  excess  of  32,  provided 
that  the  number  of  horses  in  any  group  does  not  exceed  32  for  each 
troop,  engineer  company,  ambulance  company,  field  hospital  com- 
pany, or  signal  company,  and  4  for  each  squadron,  battalion,  and 
regimental  headquarters,  and  machine-gun  troop  in  the  group.     When 
horses  are  issued  to  a  headquarters  troop  of  cavalry  or  a  headquarters 
company  of  field  artillery,  no  allowance  of  horses  will  be  made  for 
regimental,  squadron,  or  battalion  headquarters  of  the  regiment  to 
which  such  headquarters  troop  or  company  belongs. 

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258  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

957.  For  the  purpose  of  employing  helpers,  horses  furnished  to  a 
squadron  headquarters,  a  battalion  headquarters,  or  a  regimental 
headquarters,  not  to  exceed  4  horses  in  each  case,  will  be  regarded 
as  belonging  to  a  troop,  a  battery,  or  a  company,  and  will  be  in  addi- 
tion to  the  horses  allowed  for  a  troop,  a  battery,  or  a  company. 

958.  Enlisted  men  so  detailed  and  paid  may  receive  additional 
compensation  from  State,  battery,  troop,  company,  or  private  funds 
for  the  performance  of  additional  duties,  provided  that  such  addi- 
tional duties  in  no  way  interfere  with  the  proper  care  of  the  materiel, 
animals,  and  equipment  of  the  organizations. 

959.  The    rate    of    compensation    from    Federal    funds    for    each 
enlisted  man  so  detailed  shall  be  fixed  by  the  battery,  troop,  or  com- 
pany commander,  with  the  approval  of  the  squadron  or  battalion 
commander,  when  the  troop,   battery,   or  company  forms  a  part 
of  an  organized  squadron  or  battalion,  and  by  the  troop,  battery, 
or  company  commander  without  the  approval  of  higher  authority 
when  the  troop,  battery,  or  company  does  not  form  a  part  of  an 
organized  squadron  or  battalion.     In  no  case  shall   the  compensa- 
tion from  Federal  funds  to  the  enlisted  men  detailed  in  one  organiza- 
tion exceed  the  allotments  therefor  as  fixed  by  the  Secretary  of  War, 
and  the  number  of  men  so  detailed  shall  not  exceed  five  for  each 
troop,  battery,  or  company. 

960.  The    appropriations    made    by    Congress    for    the    National 
Guard  will  be  available  for  the  purchase  of  horses  conforming  to  the 
Regular  Army  standard,  and  horses  so  purchased  will  be  for  the 
sole  continuous  use  of  the  cavalry,  field   artillery,   engineer  com- 
panies, ambulance  companies,  field  hospital  companies,  signal  com- 
panies, machine-gun  troops  or  companies,  or  squadron,  battalion, 
or   regimental   headquarters   of   cavalry,   field    artillery,    engineers, 
or  signal  corps  of  the  National  Guard.     It  must  be  shown  that 
suitable  stable  accommodations  have  been  provided  before  purchases 
from  Federal  funds  will  be  authorized. 

961.  Upon  requisition  of  the  governor  of  a  State  or  Territory 
or  the   commanding  general  of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia, 
condemned  Army  animals  which  may  still  be  suitable  for  the  purpose 
of  instruction  may  be  issued  to  the  field  artillery  and  cavalry  of  the 
National  Guard  without  cost  to  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  and  animals  so  issued  will  be  sold  or  otherwise  disposed 
of  according  to  law  when  their  usefulness  ceases.     Such   animals 
will  be  in  lieu  of  animals  for  which  purchase  is  authorized  for  such 
organizations. 

962.  Descriptive  cards   (Form  No.  277,  A.  G.  O.)  of  all  animals 
purchased  from  Federal  funds  or  issued  by  the  Federal  Government 
will  be  kept  and  transferred  with  the  animals.     These  cards  will 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  259 

be  furnished  upon  requisition,  as  in  the  case  of  other  blank  forms. 
Upon  the  death  of  a  public  animal  the  original  descriptive  card 
will  accompany  the  survey  report.  Upon  the  sale  of  a  public  animal, 
pursuant  to  the  approved  recommendation  of  a  surveying  officer, 
the  original  descriptive  card  will  accompany  the  report  of  sale. 

963.  Forage,  bedding,  salt,  vinegar,  horseshoes,  horseshoe   nails, 
blacksmith's  coal,  and  veterinary  supplies  may  be  furnished  upon 
requisition  for  animals  for  cavalry,  field  artillery,  engineers,  ambu- 
lance companies,  field  hospital  companies,  signal  organizations,  and 
machine-gun  troops  of  the  National  Guard  in  quantities  not  to  exceed 
those  authorized  for  the  Regular  Army.     The  number  of  animals 
to  be  so  supplied  will  not  exceed  32  for  each  battery,  headquarters 
company   of   field   artillery,    troop,    engineer   company,    ambulance 
company,  field  hospital  company,  or  signal  company,  and  four  for 
each    squadron    headquarters,    battalion    headquarters,    regimental 
headquarters,  or  machine-gun  troop  or  company. 

964.  Supplies   and  helpers  for  animals  for  the  National  Guard 
may  be  procured  from  Federal  funds  when  such  animals  are  furnished, 
through  issue  to  or  purchase  by  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District 
of  Columbia,  or  through  purchase  by  a  troop,  a  battery,  a  company, 
a   squadron,    a   battalion,    or    a   regimental   headquarters.     Before 
any  allotments  will  be  made  from  Federal  funds  for  supplies  for 
animals  and  for  helpers  to  care  for  them  it  must  be  shown  that 
organizations  have  been  provided  with  suitable  stable  accommoda- 
tions,  and  that  animals  for  which  expenditures  are  desired  have 
been  actually  furnished  to  the  organizations  or  are  owned  by  them; 
that  they  will  be  used  exclusively  for  Cavalry,  Field  Artillery,  En- 
gineers,   ambulance    companies,    field    hospital    companies,    signal 
organizations,  or  machine-gun  troops  or  companies  of  the  National 
Guard;  and  that  they  are  suitable  for  field  service  of  the  arm  to 
which    they    are    supplied.     Stable    accommodations    and    animals 
not  issued  by  the  War  Department  must  be  inspected  and  approved 
by   an   inspector-instructor   of   the    arm   concerned.     Animals   not 
issued  by  the  Federal  Government  or  purchased  from  Federal  funds 
must  be  actually  owned  by  the  organization  without  reservation  as 
to  private  use.     They  must  be  under  the  complete  control  of  the 
troop,   battery,    or   company   commander,    and   without    authority 
from  the  Secretary  of  War  must  not   be  withdrawn  from  such  use 
till  after  90  days  from  the  date  of  notice  of  withdrawal. 

965.  Whenever  such  animals  are  actually  acquired  by  an  organiza- 
tion and  comply  with  the  foregoing  conditions,  the  inspector-instructor 
concerned  on  duty  with  the  State  is  authorized,  upon  the  request 
of  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  to  inspect  the  animals  and  stable 
facilities  without  extra  expense  to  the  United  States.     If  approved 


260  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

by  him,  he  will  furnish  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State  with  the 
following  certificate: 

I  certify  that horses  (or  mules)  owned  by and  in  the 

(Number.)  (Owner.) 

possession  of  ,  conform  to  the  specifications  for  horses  (or  mules) 

(Organization.) 

for of  the  Regular  Army;  that  they  are  suitable  for  the  field  service 

(Arm.) 

of ;  and  that  adequate  stable  facilities  are  provided  for  these  animals. 

(Arm.) 

This  certificate  or  copy  thereof  will  accompany  all  requisitions 
for  supplies  and  all  requests  for  funds,  whether  for  original  or  sub- 
sequent issues. 

966.  An  inspecting  officer  will   not  recommend   animals   owned 
by  organizations  as  suitable  for  maintenance  from  Federal  funds, 
unless  he  is  satisfied  that  they  can  endure  the  work  that  would  be 
required  of  them  in  campaign,  and  that  they  conform  to  the  standards 
prescribed  for  the  Regular  Army.     An  animal  that  is  otherwise  suit- 
able should  not  be  excluded  because  of  lightness  for  draft,  when  he 
could  render  adequate  service  for  saddle  purposes.     Ponies  should 
be  rejected.     Defects  which  would  cause  animals  to  be  placed  on  an 
inventory  and  inspection  report  in  the  Regular  Army  should  exclude 
them  from  being  subsisted  or  cared  for  from  Federal  funds.     In- 
spector-instructors will  inspect  all  animals  maintained  from  Federal 
funds  at  all  visits  for  instruction  or  inspection,  and  they  will  report 
promptly  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  any  such  animal  that  is 
permanently  unsuitable  for  field  service. 

967.  The   inspecting    officers   will   prepare    duplicate    descriptive 
cards  (Form  277,  A.  G.  O.)  of  each  annual  not  issued  by  the  Federal 
Government  or  purchased  from  Federal  funds,  and  will  forward  one 
copy  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  and  file  the  other  copy  in 
the  office  of  the  district  inspector-instructor  of  the  arm  to  which 
the  animal  pertains. 

968.  Supplies  will  not  be  used  for  any  purpose  other  than  the  main- 
tenance of  animals  that  have  been  approved  by  the  War  Department 
and  that  are  used  exclusively  as  stated  in  this  paragraph,  and  helpers 
will  not  perform  any  duties  other  than  those  pertaining  to  the  care 
of  Federal  property  and  animals  for  which  supplies  are  authorized 
unless  they  receive  adequate  extra  pay  from  other  than  Federal 

funds. 

969.  Before  issuing  supplies,  or  funds  for  helpers,  for  animals  not 
issued  by  the  Federal  Government  or  purchased  from  Federal  funds 
the  following  agreement  will  be  signed  by  the  adjutant  general  of 
a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  where  ownership  is 
vested  in  a  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia,  or  by  the 
troop,  battery,  company,  squadron,  or  regimental  commander  where 


NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS.  261 

ownership  is  vested  in  a  troop,  battery,  or  company,  or  a  squad- 
ron, or  regimental  headquarters: 

I  hereby  agree  to  accept  as  full  payment  for  the  exclusive  use  of horses 

(Number.) 

(or  mules)  described  on  the  following  list,  for purposes  by 

(Arm.)  (Organization.) 

or  by  such  other  organizations  of as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  direct, 

(Arm.) 

the  allowance  of  forage,  bedding,  shoeing,  and  veterinary  supplies  and  the  services 
of  helpers  furnished  from  Federal  funds;  and  I  further  agree  to  send  all  of  the  follow- 
ing-described animals  to  such  camps  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  designate,  for  the 
periods  prescribed  by  him,  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard,  without  other  compen- 
sation than  the  supplies  and  services  above  named;  and  I  further  agree  that  I  will 
not  exchange  or  withdraw  any  of  the  following-described  animals  from  exclusive 
use  for  the  purposes  named  within  90  days  after  giving  due  notice  to  the  Chief 
of  the  Militia  Bureau  of  an  intention  for  such  exchange  or  withdrawal;  and  I  further 
agree  that  I  will  not  hold  the  United  States  liable  for  any  compensation  for  injuries 
or  death  which  may  occur  to  said  animals  while  in  use  or  in  shipment  for  the  fore- 
going purposes;  and  I  further  agree  to  sell  the  following-described  animals  to  the 
United  States,  at  prices  to  be  fixed  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  at  any  time  during  the 
above-described  use  that  the  war  Department  may  desire  to  make  such  purchases; 

LIST. 
Animal Age Sex Description 


(Owner.) 

970.  All  animals  for  which  supplies  or  helpers  are  furnished  from 
Federal  funds  shall  be  sent,  upon  the  order  of  the  Secretary  of  War, 
at  such  times  and  for  such  periods  as  he  may  designate,  to  camps  of 
instruction  or  to  joint  camps  for  the  use  of  the  National  Guard  arms 
for  which  they  were  issued,  assembled  thereat,  without  further  com- 
pensation to  the  owners  than  the  supplies  and  helpers  furnished  for 
them. 

971.  Helpers  paid  from  Federal  funds  to  care  for  animals  or  ma- 
teriel, will  be  sent  to  camps  with  the  animals  or  materiel  of  their 
organizations.     While  attending  such  camps  helpers  will  be  paid  from 
the  allotments  to  the  States  in  the  same  manner  as  when  they  are 
at  their  home  stations. 

972.  Public  animals  will  not  be  sent  outside  of  the  State,  Terri- 
tory, or  the  District  of  Columbia  for  which  they  were  furnished 
without  the  authority  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

973.  It  will  not  be  the  policy  of  the  War  Department  to  make 
original  allotments  for  supplies  for  animals  or  for  helpers,  or  to  con- 
tinue such  allotments  for  supplies  for  animals  or  for  helpers,  or  to 
continue  such  allotments  as  have  already  been  made  in  cases  where 
the  organizations  concerned  do  not  receive  reasonable  State  sup- 
port, where  adequate  indoor  or  outdoor  facilities  for  mounted  instruc- 
tion do  not  exist,  when  the  condition  of  animals  is  shown  to  be  un- 
satisfactory or  where  organizations  fail  to  utilize  adequately  their 


262  NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS. 

opportunities  for  training.  At  least  90  per  cent  of  the  mounted 
drills  and  exercises  must  be  devoted  to  the  following  instruction: 

Cavalry. — The  school  of  the  trooper,  squad,  platoon,  troop,  or 
higher  units,  equitation  and  field  training  mounted. 

Field  Artillery. — Harness  and  draft,  driving,  and  the  evolutions 
and  tactical  use  of  field  artillery  with  the  carriages  hitched. 

Engineers. — Equitation  and  reconnoissance. 

Field  hospital  and  ambulance  companies. — The  technical  employ- 
ment of  transportation  and  equipment. 

Signal  companies. — The  technical  employment  of  transportation 
and  materiel. 

All  drills  of  machine-gun  troops  or  companies  will  be  devoted  to 
packing  and  the  technical  and  tactical  use  of  materiel. 

974.  When  two  or  more  mounted  organizations  are  stationed  in 
the  same  place,  animals  of  the  several  organizations  may  be  pooled 
for  purposes  of  instruction  and  placed  under  the  temporary  control 
of  the  organization  commander  whose  organization  is  to  use  them 
for  drill.     All  animals  pertaining  to  organizations  where  two  or  more 
troops  of  cavalry  or  batteries  of  artillery  are  stationed  will  be  under 
the  control  of  the  senior  officer  for  instruction  purposes,  who  will 
prescribe  the  schedules  for  drill  and  allotment  of  animals. 

975.  Riding  on  the  road  by  individuals  for  pleasure  purposes  not 
in  connection  with  or  as  a  part  of  an  exercise  ordered  for  training 
purposes  will  not  be  reported  as  instruction  given  and  will  not  be 
credited  as  such. 

976.  When  supplies  from  Federal  funds  have  been  issued,  forage, 
etc.,  will  not  be  furnished  for  additional  animals  that  have  been  sub- 
sis  ted  prior  to  the  forwarding  of  the  requisition. 

977.  In  no  case  will  original  allotments  be  made  for  periods  pre- 
ceding the  date  when   animals  and  materiel  are  received  or,  in  the 
case  of  field  artillery,  the  date  when  the  request  for  funds  is  for- 
warded when  materiel  is  on  hand. 

978.  All  requisitions  for  supplies  and  requests  for  funds  will  show 
the  number  of  animals  stabled  in  one  place.     Where  original  issues 
of  supplies  or  funds  are  desired  the  requisition  or  the  request  will 
show  the  dates  when  the  materiel  or  the  animals  were  received  by 
the  organizations. 

979.  All  changes  in  the  number  of  animals  in  any  organization 
and  the  date  of  each  change  will  be  promptly  reported  to  the  Chief 
of  the  Militia  Bureau  by  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Terri- 
tory, or  the  District  of  Columbia  concerned. 

980.  Requests  for  funds  for  the  payment  of  helpers  will  be  sub- 
mitted as  in  the  case  of  funds  for  other  purposes,  and  such  payments 
will  be  made  by  the  United  States  property  and  disbursing  officer  of 
the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  concerned.     Re- 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  263 

quests  for  funds  should  cover  the  monthly  periods,  and  the  estimate 
should  show  the  stations  of  the  units,  together  with  information 
whether  they  are  stabled  separately  or  grouped.  The  organizations 
for  which  helpers  are  employed,  the  period  covered  by  the  request, 
the  period  for  which  funds  were  last  supplied,  the  amount  allotted 
during  the  preceding  period,  the  number  of  horses  in  each  place  hi 
the  organizations  for  which  supplies  are  furnished  from  Federal 
funds,  and  the  balance  on  hand  will  be  stated. 

981.  Requisitions  for  animals,  forage,  bedding,  salt,  vinegar,  and 
shoeing  and  veterinary  supplies  will  be  submitted  as  in  the  case  of 
other  quartermaster  property  upon  Form  P.  and  S.,  No.  160,  fur- 
nished by  the  War  Department. 

982.  Requisitions  for  supplies  should  include  the  quantities  needed 
for  the  six  months'  periods  ending  December  31  and  June  30,  or  the 
portions  of  those  periods  for  which  supplies  have  been  furnished  as 
authorized. 

983.  All  forage,  bedding,  salt,  vinegar,  and  shoeing  and  veterinary 
supplies  on  hand  or  due  at  the  date  of  a  requisition  hi  excess  of  the 
needs  of  the  period  for  which  they  were  issued  or  authorized  will  be 
entered  on  the  requisition  and  deducted  from  the  amounts  required 
for  the  period  covered  by  the  requisition.     The  number  of  animals 
for  which  supplies  are  required,  the  date  to  which  they  were  last  sup- 
plied, the  period  covered  by  the  requisition,  and  the  shipping  direc- 
tions will  be  stated  on  the  face  of  the  requisition.     All  changes  in 
the  number  of  animals  in  each  organization  since  the  date  of  the  last 
requisition,  with  the  date  of  each  loss  or  gain,  will  be  entered  on  the 
requisition. 

984.  If  partial  shipments  are  desired,  the  quantities  in  the  different 
shipments  and  the  dates  when  shipments  are  desired  should  be  stated, 
together  with  the  shipping  directions. 

985.  Requisitions  will   be   based  upon   the  following   allowances 
when  organizations  are  not  on  field  service : 

Oats,  10  pounds  per  day  per  horse. 
8  pounds  per  day  per  mule. 
Bran  may  be  substituted  for  oats  in  such  quantities  as  are 

required. 

.    Hay,  14  pounds  per  day  per  horse. 
14  pounds  per  day  per  mule. 
Straw,  100  pounds  per  month  per  animal. 
Salt,  rock,  0.8  ounce  per  day  per  animal. 
Vinegar,  0.1  gill  per  day  per  animal. 
Front  shoes,  2J  pounds  per  month  per  animal. 
Hind  shoes,  2J  pounds  per  month  per  animal. 
Horseshoe  nails,  one-half  pound  per  month  per  animal. 
Blacksmith's  coal,  1J  pounds  per  month  per  animal. 
Veterinary  supplies,  40  cents  per  animal  for  three  months. 


264  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

The  sizes  of  the  horseshoes  and  nails  desired  should  be  stated  in  the 
requisition. 

986.  Upon  the  approval  of  requisitions  veterinary  supplies  will  be 
purchased  locally  and  the  vouchers  forwarded  by  the  adjutant  gen- 
eral of  the  State,  Territory,  or  the  District  of  Columbia  to  the  United 
States  property  and  disbursing  officer  for  payment. 

987.  Requisitions  for  supplies  should  reach  the  War  Department 
at  least  sixty  days  in  advance  of  the  period  for  which  the  supplies 
are  required.     Should  supplies  not  reach  organizations  before  the 
expiration  of  the  period  for  which  issues  have  been  made,  a  request 
by  telegraph  should  be  sent  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  for 
authority  to  make  purchases  in  the  open  market  until  the  supplies 
on  the  requisitions  are  received.     Vouchers  for  such  authorized  pur- 
chases should  be  paid  by  the  United  States  property  and  disbursing 
officer. 

988.  The  following  certificates  will  be  entered  upon  the  face  of 
requisitions  or  attached  thereto: 

For  horses  or  mules: 

I  certify  that  the  horses  (or  mules)  required  will  be  for  the  sole  continuous  use  of 
the  Cavalry,  Field  Artillery,  Engineers,  ambulance  companies,  field  hospital  com- 
panies, signal  organizations,  or  machine-gun  troops  of  the  National  Guard,  and  that 

the  State  of agrees  to  furnish  the  necessary  veterinary  services  for  the 

horses  (or  mules)  required  without  expense  to  the  United  States. 

For  forage,  bedding,  salt,  vinegar,  and  shoeing  and  veterinary 
supplies : 

I  certify  that  the  horses  (or  mules)  for  which  forage,  bedding,  salt,  vinegar,  and 

shoeing  and  veterinary  supplies  are  required  are  actually  furnished  to  the 

(Arm.) 

of  the  National  Guard  of ;  that  they  are  suitable  for  the 

(State.)  (Arm.) 

service;  that  they  will  be  for  the  sole  continuous  use  of  Cavalry,  Field  Artil- 
lery, Engineers,  ambulance  companies,  field  hospital  companies,  signal  organizations, 
or  machine-gun  troops  of  the  National  Guard;  that  the  forage,  bedding,  salt,  vinegar, 
and  shoeing  and  veterinary  supplies  furnished  on  this  requisition  will  not  be  used  for 
any  purpose  other  than  the  maintenance  of  animals  that  have  been  approved  and 
authorized  by  the  War  Department  for  the  exclusive  use  of  the  National  Guard ;  and 
that  the  quantities  of  all  forage,  bedding,  salt,  vinegar,  shoeing,  and  veterinary  sup- 
plies on  hand  in  excess  of  the  needs  of  the  organizations  to . .  have 

(Date.) 
been  entered  on  the  requisition. 

989.  All   Federal   funds,    animals   and  supplies  will  remain   the 
property  of  the  United  States  until  duly  disposed  of. 

990.  Helpers  will  be  paid  monthly  on  War  Department,  Militia 
Bureau  Form  No.    19,   amending  same  by  eliminating  the  words 
"On  target  range,"  " Location  of  range/7  and  " Number  of  targets;77 
also  changing  the  title  of  the  appropriation  to  read  "  Arming,  equip- 
ping,  and  training  the  National  Guard,   19 — ,"  sub-appropriation 
"Compensation  of  help  for  care  of  materiel,  animals,  and  equip- 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  265 

ment."  All  the  helpers  employed  in  each  troop,  battery,  or  com- 
pany stationed  separately  will  be  paid  on  one  voucher,  certified  to 
by  the  troop,  battery,  or  company  commander. 

991.  Where  the  animals  of  more  than  one  organization  are  grouped 
in  one  stable  all  helpers  employed  for  the  organizations  whose  ani- 
mals are  so  grouped  will  be  paid  on  one  voucher,  certified  to  by  the 
senior  troop,  battery,  or  company  commander  in  the  group  when 
the  commander  of  the  squadron  or  battalion  of  which  the  organiza- 
tions form  a  part  is  not  pres.ent  and   by   the  squadron  or  battalion 
commander  when  he  is  present  with  the  group. 

992.  The  following  words  will  be  added  to  the  certificate  at  the 
bottom  of  the  voucher:  "that  the  total  number  of  horses  (or  mules) 

cared  for  during  the  entire  month  in  one  place  was   _ ;  that 

they  were  used  exclusively  for  Cavalry  or  Field  Artillery,  Engineers, 
sanitary  organizations,  signal  organizations,  or  machine-gun  troops; 
and  that  the  men  paid  as  helpers  were  actually  enlisted  in  the  organi- 
zations from  which  they  were  detailed." 

993.  Inspector-instructors    of    the    arms    concerned    are    charged 
with  the  supervision  of  the  care  of  the  materiel  and  of  the  stabling, 
feeding,  care,  shoeing,  and  use  of  the  animals  maintained  at  Federal 
expense  so  far  as  may  be  consistent  with  the  number  of  visits  author- 
ized to  the  organizations  to  which  they  are  assigned.     They  will 
report  all  irregularities  and  neglects  which  they  can  not  control  to 
the  War  Department  and  to  the  adjutant  general  of  the  State,  Ter- 
ritory, or  the  District  of  Columbia,  with  a  view  to  having  the  defi- 
ciencies corrected  or  the  allowances  discontinued.     They  will  report 
to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  changes  in  the  number  of  animals 
in  any  organization,  with  the  date  of  each  change. 

994.  Should  the  supplies  issued  for  annuals  become  exhausted 
before  the  expiration  of  the  period  for  which  they  were  furnished, 
they  must  be  replaced  from  State  funds.     Where  it  appears  that 
supplies  are  not  properly  used  or  wiiere  animals  are  not  properly 
cared  for,  the  allowances  will  be  discontinued  and  the  public  animals 
will  be  withdrawn  from  the  organization  concerned. 

When  it  becomes  necessary  to  discontinue  the  allowances,  the  public 
animals  and  supplies  on  hand  after  the  date  of  discontinuance  will 
be  disposed  of  as  directed  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

995.  Payment  for  veterinary  services  will  not  be  made  from  Fed- 
eral funds  except  when  specifically  authorized  by  the  Secretary  of 
War.     Veterinarians   who   receive  pay  from   Federal   funds   under 


266  NATIONAL,  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

the  act  of  Congress  approved  June  3,  1916,  will  be  required  to  fur- 
nish all  necessary  medical  treatment  of  the  horses  of  their  commands. 

996.  When  horses  purchased  from  Federal  funds  become  unserv- 
iceable a  survey  report  will  be  prepared  and  forwarded  to  the  Chief 
of  the  Militia  Bureau  for  the  action  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

997.  When  condemned  Regular  Army  animals  issued  to  the  Na- 
tional Guard,  and  animals  purchased  from  Federal  funds,  die  or  are 
killed  to  terminate  suffering  or  to  prevent  contagion  a  survey  report 
and  the  certificates  or  affidavits  required  by  paragraph  1073,  Army 
Regulations,  will  be  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 
When  such  animals  become  unfit  for  further  use  a  survey  report  will 
be  prepared  and  forwarded  to  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau  for  the 
action  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

998.  Public  animals  will  not  be  sold  on  the  recommendation  of  a 
surveying  officer  until  the  survey  report  has  been  approved  by  the 
Secretary  of  War. 

999.  Public  animals  issued  to  the  National  Guard  or  purchased  from 
Federal  funds  shall  be  branded  on  the  left  shoulder  with  one  branding 
iron  consisting  of  three  letters,  as  follows : 

Cavalry  and  riding  horses. U  S 

C 
Artillery  and  draft  horses _.U  S 

A 
Draft  mules,  wheel U  S 

W 
Draft  mules,  lead U  S 

L 
Pack  and  riding  mules _ IT  S 

P 

Each  letter  of  this  brand  shall  be  two  inches  in  height.  The  letters 
shall  be  fixed  in  place  on  the  iron  so  that  there  shall  be  an  open  space 
of  three  quarters  (J)  of  an  inch  between  their  nearest  points. 

Animals  with  organizations  of  the  National  Guard  not  in  the  Federal 
service  shall  be  branded  on  the  left  fore  hoof  with  the  shortest  abbrevia- 
tion of  the  name  of  the  State,  followed  by  the  organization  number 
assigned  to  the  animal  by  the  responsible  officer,  and  they  shall  also 
be  branded  on  the  right  fore  hoof  with  the  designation  of  the  organiza- 
tion to  which  they  belong  in  the  same  manner  as  animals  of  the  Regu- 
lar Army.  For  example,  the  hoof  brands  on  animals  issued  and  as- 
signed to  Headquarters  Troop,  Fifth  Texas  Cavalry,  would  be  TEX  29 
on  the  left  hoof,  and  HQ  5  on  the  right  hoof;  to  Battery  B,  1st  New 
York  Field  Artillery,  NY  12  on  the  left  hoof  and  Bl  on  the  right  hoof. 


NATIONAL  GUAKD  REGULATIONS. 


266A 


These  letters  and  numbers  shall  be  on  the  same  line,  three-fourths  of 
an  inch  high,  and  blocked  so  as  to  penetrate  the  hoof  one-sixteenth  of 
an  inch.  (Olianges  No.  1,  December  18,  1919.) 

1000.  When  animals  are  inspected  and  condemned  they  will  be 
branded  with  the  letters  "  LC."  on  the  neck,  under  the  mane.     Brand- 
ing irons  of  uniform  size  and  design  will  be  supplied  upon  requisition. 

1001.  Manes,   tails,   and  forelocks   of  public  horses  will  not   be 
altered  except  by  such  reasonable  plucking  as  may  be  necessary 
to  prevent  shagginess. 

MODEL  FORMS. 

1002.  Monthly  estimate  to  accompany  request  for  funds  from  the 
subappropriation  "  Compensation  of  help  for  care  of  materiel,  ani- 
mals,  and  equipment,"   under  the  appropriation  "  Arming,   equip- 
ping, and  training  the  National  Guard,  19 — ,"  to  be  placed  to  the 

credit  of ,  property  and  disbursing  officer  of  the  State 

of  . 


Number 

of  ani- 

Amount 

mals  now 

Organization. 

Period  for  which 
required. 

Period  for  which 
last  allotted. 

allotted 
during 
last 

in  one 
place 
subsisted 

Allow- 
ance per 
month. 

Amount 
required. 

period. 

from 

Federal 

funds. 

Battery  A                » 

Jan  1  to  31  19—. 

Dec  15  to  31  19 

S1^"  50 

20 

$375  00 

$375  00 

Battery  B          .... 

,.  .  do  

Dec.  1  to  31.  19—. 

450.  00 

30 

450  00 

450.00 

BatteryC  

Jan.  16  to  31,  19—. 

None  

None. 

24 

375.  00 

187.50 

Total 

1  012  50 

Balance  on  hand    

3».  25 

To  be  supplied  

978.  25 

(Changes  No.  1}  December  18,  1919.) 
[Model  form  continued  on  page  267.] 


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267 


Stations  of  organizations 

Horses  of grouped  in  one  stable. 

(organization) 
Horses  of stabled  separately. 

(organization) 

Changes  in  animals  since  date  of  last  allotment:  Battery  A,  1  public  horse  received 
December  20;  2  battery  horses  withdrawn  December  24;  1  public  horse  sold  Decem- 
ber 22.  Battery  B,  1  public  horse  died  December  12.  Battery  C,  24  public  horses 
received  January  16,  19—. 

A.  B., 
Property  and  disbursing  Officer 

of  the  State  of 

1003.  The  issue  of  the  following  supplies  is  requested  for  the  use 
of  the  National  Guard  of  the  State  of  Alabama  to  be  shipped  to 
commanding  officer,  Battery  A,  Field  Artillery  of  Alabama,  Bir- 
mingham, Ala. 


On  hand 

or  due 

Required. 

in  excess 
of  needs 

To  be 
supplied. 

Articles. 

to  Dec. 

31,  19—. 

40,444 
3,000 

6,720 
400 

33,724 
2,600 

Oats,  pounds. 
Bran,  pounds. 

50,  680 
12,000 
181 

9,250 
350 
25 

41,430 
11,650 
156 

Hay,  pounds. 
Straw,  pounds. 
Salt,  rock,  pounds. 

Hi 

Vinegar,  gallons. 

100 

25 

n~ 
75 

Front  shoes,  No.  2,  pounds. 

100 

100 

Front  shoes,  No.  3,  pounds. 

100 

15 

85 

Front  shoes,  No.  4,  pounds. 

150 
150 

50 
25 

100 
125 

Hind  shoes,  No.  2,  pounds. 
Hind  shoes,  No.  3,  pounds. 

10 

2 

8 

Horsehoe  nails,  No.  6,  pounds. 

50 

25 

25 

Horseshoe  nails,  No.  7,  pounds. 

150 

150 

Blacksmith's  coal,  pounds. 

Veterinary  supplies,  $ 

Period:  January  1  to  June  30,  19—,  181  daya. 

Last  supplied  to  include  December  31,  19—. 

Number  of  animals  and  changes  since  last  requisition:  Battery  A,  5  public  horsea 
received  November  6;  5  battery  horses  received  September  7;  1  public  horse  died 
October  12.  Battery  B ,  8  public  horses  received  November  6 ;  2  battery  horses  recei  ved 
September  7;  1  battery  horse  withdrawn  October  9. 

Total,  20  horses;  stabled  in  one  place. 

Shipments  to  arrive:  Forage  and  straw,  one- third  January  1,  one- third  March  1, 
one-third  May  1.  All  other  supplies,  January  1. 

I  certify  that  the  horses  for  which  forage,  bedding,  salt,  vinegar,  and  shoeing  and 
veterinary  supplies  are  required  are  actually  furnished  to  the  field  artillery  of  the 
National  Guard  of  Alabama;  that  they  are  suitable  for  the  field  artillery  service;  that 
they  will  be  for  the  sole  continuous  use  of  the  cavalry,  field  artillery,  engineers, 
ambulance  companies,  field  hospital  companies,  signal  organizations,  or  machine-gun 
troops  of  the  National  Guard;  that  the  forage,  bedding,  salt,  vinegar,  and  shoeing  and 
veterinary  supplies  furnished  on  this  requisition  will  not  be  used  for  any  other  pur- 
pose than  the  maintenance  of  animals  that  have  been  approved  and  authorized  by 
the  War  Department  for  the  exclusive  use  of  the  N  ational  Guard ;  and  that  the  quan- 


268  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

titles  of  all  forage,  bedding,  salt,  vinegar,  and  shoeing  and  veterinary  supplies  on 
hand  in  excess  of  the  needs  of  the  organizations  to  December  31,  19 — ,  have  been 
entered  on  the  requisition. 

C.  D., 
Brig.  Gen.,  A.  N.G., 

Adjutant  General. 

I  certify  that  the  articles  enumerated  hereinbefore  are  required  by  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State  of  Alabama  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  19—,  under  sec- 
tion 67,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  that  the  State  has  adequate  and  suitable  storage 
facilities  for  the  safe-keeping  and  preservation  of  the  property. 

E.  F., 

Governor  of  the  State  of  Alabama. 
MONTGOMERY,  ALA.,  October -25,  19 — . 

Ten  horses  conforming  to  the  Regular  Army  standard  for  field  artillery. 
I  certify  that  the  horses  required  will  be  for  the  sole  continuous  use  of  the  cavalry, 
field  artillery,  engineers,  ambulance  companies,  field  hospital  companies,  signal  corps 
organizations,  or  machine-gun  troops  of  the  National  Guard,  and  that  the  State  of 
Alabama  agrees  to  furnish  the  necessary  veterinary  services  for  the  horses  required 
without  expense  to  the  United  States. 

C.  D., 
Brig.  Gen.,  A.  N.  G., 

Adjutant  General. 

I  certify  that  the  articles  enumerated  hereinbefore  are  required  by  the  National 
Guard  of  the  State  of  Alabama  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  June  30,  19 — ,  under  sec- 
tion 67,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  or  section  83,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  and  that  the  State  has 
adequate  and  suitable  storage  facilities  for  the  safe- keeping  and  preservation  of  the 
property. 

E.  F., 

Governor  of  the  State  of  A  labama. 
MONTGOMERY,  ALA..,  July  1,  19 — . 


ARTICLE  XIX. 
RETURNS   AND   REPORTS. 

1004.  An  abstract  of  the  returns  and  reports  of  the  adjutants  gen- 
eral of  the  States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia  National 
Guard,  with  such  observations  thereon  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for 
the  information  of  Congress,  is  required  to  be  made  annually  by  the 
Secretary  of  War  to  Congress.     (Sec.  12,  act  of  January  21,  1903,  as 
amended  by  act  of  May  27,  1908.) 

1005.  Such  additional  reports  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  from 
time  to  time  require  under  section  66,  act  of  June  3,  1916,  may  be 
called  for. 

1006.  The  character  of  blank  forms  to  be  used  in  the  preparation 
and  rendition  of  returns  and  reports,  together  with  all  other  blank 
forms  authorized  by  the  War  Department  for  use  of  the  National 
Guard,  will  be  announced  from  time  to  time  by  circulars  issued  from 
the  office  of  the  Chief  of  the  Militia  Bureau. 

1007.  For  returns  and  reports  of  property  and  disbursing  officers 
for  the  United  States,  see  paragraphs  771  et  seg_.}  Article  XV. 

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ARTICLE  XX. 
CALL  AND  DRAFT  INTO  FEDERAL  SERVICE. 

1008.  "The  National  Guard  when  called  as  such  into  the  service  of 
the  United  States  shall,  from  the  time  they  are  required  by  the  terms 
of  the  call  to  respond  thereto,  be  subject  to  the  laws  and  regulations 
governing  the  Regular  Army."     (Sec.   101,  act  of  June  3,   1916.) 
"Call  into  Federal  service"  means  that  the  National  Guard  of  the 
State  is  brought  into  Federal  service  without  losing  its  State  identity 
and  tor  a  temporary  period.     The  State  organization  is  merely  loaned 
in  its  entirety  to  the  Federal  Government  for  a  specific  purpose  for  a 
limited  time.     When  the  emergency  passes  the  State  force  reverts  back 
to  its  former  status  with  the  State.     While  in  Federal  service  under 
this  condition,  the  officers  are  commissioned  by  the  governor. 

1009.  All  members  of  the  National  Guard  and  of  the  National 
Guard  Reserve  drafted  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  shall, 
from  the  date  of  their  draft,  stand  discharged  from  the  militia,  and 
shall,  from  said  date,  be  subject  to  such  laws  and  regulations  for 
government  of  the  Army  of  the  United  States  as  may  be  applicable 
to  members  of  the  Volunteer  Army.     (See  sec.  Ill,  act  of  June  3, 
1916.)    "Draft  into  Federal  service  "  means  the  discharge  from  all  State 
obligations  and  the  absorption  by  the  Federal  Army  of  the  individual 
officers  and  enlisted  men  of  an  organization.     The  State  authority 
ceases  and  the  members  pass  entirely  under  Federal  control  without 
an  intention  of  restoring  the  organization  to  State  control.     Upon 
the  discharge  from  Federal  service  the  individuals  revert  to  a  civilian 
status. 

1010.  No  official  act,  other  than  the  President's  call  or  draft,  is 
required  by  law  to  mark  the  change  of  status  of  the  National  Guard  to 
Federal  control.     The  call  or  draft  itself  inducts  all  organizations  and 
individuals  concerned  into  the  service  of  the  United  States  on  the 
date  they  are  required  to  respond  to  the  call,  or,  in  case  of  a  draft,  on 
the  date  thereof. 

1011.  Under  an  opinion  of  the  Judge  Advocate  General  of  the  Army, 
dated  August  21,  1917,  a  call  or  draft  into  the  Federal  service  may  be 
effected  either  by  a  proclamation  or  order  of  the  President. 

1012.  The  proclamation  or  order  of  the  President,  calling  or  draft- 
ing the  National  Guard,  or  any  part  thereof,  into  the  service  of  the 
United  States  will  be  transmitted  by  the  Secretary  of  War  to  the 
governor  of  each  State  and  Territory  and  to  the  commanding  general 
of  the  District  of  Columbia  Militia. 

128174°— 19 18  273 


274  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

1013.  The  adjutant  general  of  each  State  and  Territory  and  the 
District  ot  Columbia  will  transmit  to  all  commanders  of  organiza- 
tions and  individuals  concerned  the  terms  of  the  call  or  draft  and 
the  date  on  which  they  are  required  to  respond  thereto. 

1014.  Regulations   governing   the   mobilization   of   the   National 
Guard  under  call  and  draft  into  Federal  service  will  be  published  in 
special  regulations  of  the  War  Department  for  each  case. 

1015.  Every  officer  and  enlisted  man  who  shall  be  called  or  drafted 
into  the  service  of  the  United  States  shall  be  examined  as  to  his 
physical  fitness  as  prescribed  for  the  examination  of  recruits  for  the 
Regular  Army;  and  immediately  preceding  the  muster  out  of  such 
officer  or  enlisted  man  he  shall  be  similarly  examined,  and  the  record 
of  the  examination  in  each  case  shall  be  forwarded  to  The  Adjutant 
General  of  the  Army.     These  examinations  will  be  made  by  medical 
officers    of    the   Regular   Army   when    practicable.     (Form    136-1, 
A.  G.  O.,  in  case  of  muster  in,  and  Form  135-2,  A.  G.  O.,  in  case  of 
muster  out.) 


ARTICLE  XXI. 
MILITIA  BUREAU. 

A.  FUNCTIONS  OF  MILITIA  BUREAU. 

1016.  The  jurisdiction  of  the  Militia  Bureau  will  include  coordina- 
tion, through  the  office  of  the  Chief  of  Staff,  of  the  organization, 
equipment,  and  instruction  of  the  National  Guard  under  department 
commanders  in  a  manner  similar  to  the  coordination  by  the  Chief  of 
Staff  of  the  organization,  equipment,  and  training  of  the  Regular 
Army  under  department  commanders. 

Proper  study  of  policy  is  inconsistent  with  exercise  of  command 
and  discharge  of  administrative  details.  The  discharge  of  adminis- 
trative details  by  the  Chief,  Militia  Bureau,  will  be  limited  to  such 
matters  as  can  not  under  existing  law  be  delegated  to  department  or 
other  commanders,  and  such  as  may  be  involved  by  correspondence 
between  the  Secretary  of  War  and  authorities  of  the  various  States. 

DUTIES    OF   MILITIA    BUREAU. 

1017.  (a)  Organization  and  personnel. 

Symmetrical  development  of  National  Guard  organizations, 
including  action  upon  new  units,  and  the  withdrawal  of  War  Depart- 
ment recognition  of  old  units. 

Correspondence  with  State  authorities  which  requires  action  by 
by  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Consolidation  of  strength  reports. 

Final  action  upon  examinations  for  appointment  and  promotion. 

Filing  efficiency  reports  of  National  Guard  officers  after  receipt 
from  department  commanders. 

Passing  upon  the  eligibility  of,  and  extending  Federal  recognition 
to,  persons  designated  by  the  States,  Territories,  or  the  District  of 
Columbia  for  appointment  or  promotion  in  the  National  Guard. 

(2>)  Supply. 

Apportionment  of  funds  among  the  States. 

Allotment  among  the  several  States  and  the  District  of  Columbia, 
of  funds  appropriated  for  field  training. 

Notification  to  department  commanders  of  amounts  apportioned 
to  States,  within  their  departments. 

Approval  of  requisitions  by  governors  of  States  for  funds  and 
equipment  and  supplies  from  appropriations  for  the  National  Guard. 

275 


276  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

(c)  Prescription  of  general  character,   quality,   and  quantity  of 
instruction  and  training  for  guidance  of  department  commanders. 

(d)  Selection  and  recommendation  to  personnel  section,  General 
Staff,  for  detail  of  inspector-instructors  from  the  Army. 

(e)  Attendance  of  National  Guard  at  service  schools  and  details 
for  practical  instruction  with  the  organizations  of  the  Army. 

Of)  Final  action,  based  on  recommendations  of  department  com- 
manders, on  all  reports  of  inspections  made  under  section  93,  act  of 
June  3,  1916. 

(g)  Action  on  reports  of  survey  on  National  Guard  property  lost, 
damaged,  or  destroyed. 

B.  FUNCTIONS  OF  DEPARTMENT  COMMANDERS. 

1018.  The  duties  and  responsibilities  of  department  commanders 
in  connection  with  certain  portions  of  the  National  Guard  within 
their  departments  not  in  the  service  of  the  United  States,  are  such 
as  may  be  outlined  in  both  National  Guard  and  Army  Regulations, 
particularly  paragraph  193  of  the  latter,  or  as  may  be  prescribed  from 
tune  to  time  in  orders  and  instructions  from  the  Secretary  of  War. 

Generally  speaking,  these  duties  and  the  powers  essential  to  dis- 
charge of  the  duties,  are  such  as  will  enable  a  department  com- 
mander to  maintain  the  National  Guard  within  his  department  in  a 
state  of  preparedness  for  induction  into  the  military  service  of  the 
United  States,  so  far  as  the  laws  and  regulations  thereunder  permit. 

DUTIES    OF   DEPARTMENT    COMMANDERS. 

1019.  (a)  Inspection. 

Remedial  recommendations  upon  reports  of  annual  armory  and 
field  inspections  of  National  Guard  within  the  department  in  a  manDer 
similar  to  action  upon  similar  reports  of  the  Regular  Army. 

In  addition  to  annual  inspections  by  inspectors  general  may 
direct  such  other  inspections  by  commanders  of  divisions,  brigades, 
etc.,  or  by  department  staff  officers  as  he  may  deem  necessary  to 
ascertain  conditions  described  in  section  93,  act  of  Congress  approved 
June  3,  1916,  within  the  limits  of  the  funds  allotted  to  the  several 
States  for  the  purpose. 

Inspection  of  mobilization  sites,  target  ranges,  ordnance  materiel, 
etc.,  any  expense  to  be  incurred  thereby  to  be  previously  approved 
by  the  Chief,  Militia  Bureau,  and  settled  by  the  disbursing  officer  of 
that  bureau. 

(6)  Instruction. 

Supervision  and  control  of  all  armory  and  field  instruction,  includ- 
ing details  for  field  maneuvers,  alone  or  jointly  with  the  Army. 


NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS.  277 

Control  of  all  instructors,  commissioned  and  noncommissioned, 
assigned  to  stations  within  the  department. 

(c)  Supply. 

Responsible  that  each  unit  of  National  Guard  within  the  depart- 
ment has  on  hand  at  armory  equipment  for  authorized  strength. 

In  cases  where  a  National  Guard  unit  is  not  properly  equipped, 
report  will  be  made  to  the  Chief,  Militia  Bureau,  stating  the  defici- 
encies for  each  organization. 

(d)  Payment. 

Examination  and  approval  of  pay  rolls  for  armory  instruction, 
and  reference  of  such  to  designated  disbursing  officers  of  Quarter- 
master Corps  for  payment. 

(e)  Qualification  and  elimination  of  officers. 

Examination  of  candidates  for  appointment  and  promotion 
(designated  by  the  Chief,  Militia  Bureau)  informing  Chief,  Militia 
Bureau,  of  the  result. 

Making  proper  request  to  the  State  authorities  for  the  ponvening 
of  efficiency  boards  under  section  77,  act  of  Congress  approved 
June  3,  1916. 

(f)  Mobilization. 

Plans  will  be  revised  and  kept  up  to  date  for  either  (1)  dispatch 
of  National  Guard  units  directly  from  company  rendezvous  to 
places  of  concentration;  or  (2)  from  company  rendezvous  to  mobiliza- 
tion camps  previously  selected  by  department  commanders.  Coast 
Artillery  organizations  will  be  mobilized  as  described  under  (1). 

C.  RULES  OF  CORRESPONDENCE. 

1020.  The  following  regulations  are  prescribed  to  govern  the 
official  correspondence  of  the  Chief,  Militia  Bureau,  with  the  Chief  of 
Staff  and  chiefs  of  bureaus  and  departments  of  the  War  Department, 
department  commanders,  and  with  the  military  authorities  of  the 
States,  Territories,  and  the  District  of  Columbia: 

(a)  Communications  addressed  to  the  governors  of  States  or 
Territories  will  be  prepared  for  the  signature  of  the  Secretary  of 
War  and  in  his  absence  for  that  of  the  Acting  Secretary  of  War. 
Those  addressed  to  adjutants  general  of  States,  Territories,  or  the 
District  of  Columbia  will  be  signed  by  the  Chief,  Militia  Bureau,  or 
by  officers  assigned  as  his  assistants  and  authorized  by  him  to  authen- 
ticate official  communications. 

(6)  Information  concerning  National  Guard  affairs  which  has  a 
bearing  upon  the  employment  or  military  status  of  the  personnel 
of  the  Regular  Establishment  will  be  conveyed  to  the  Chief  of  Staff 
by  indorsement  or  in  the  form  of  a  memorandum. 


278  NATIONAL  GUARD  REGULATIONS. 

(c)  The   Chief,    Militia   Bureau,    is    authorized    to    communicate 
directly  with  the  heads  of  the  supply  or  other  departments  or  divi- 
sions of  the  War  Department  and  department  commanders  in  refer- 
ence to  all  matters  pertaining  exclusively  to  the  National  Guard,  and 
to  order  the  issue  of  all  military  stores  or  supplies  requisitioned  for 
by  the  governors  of  the  respective  States  and  Territories  and  the 
commanding  general,  District  of  Columbia  Militia,  under  the  law; 
such  order  to  be  given  by  direction  of  the  Secretary  of  War. 

(d)  All  proposed  Executive  regulations  looking  to  the  execution 
of  acts  of  Congress,  suggested  changes  in  general  regulations,  proposed 
legal  enactments  relating  to  the  National  Guard  and  the  unorganized 
Militia,  including  estimates  for  appropriations  for  their  support,  and 
all  other  matters  requiring  harmonious   and   efficient  cooperation 
with  other  bureaus  and  sections  of  the  War  Department  will  be  sub- 
mitted to  the  Chief  of  Staff. 


INDEX. 


[References  are  to  paragraphs.] 


A. 


Abbreviations,  937. 

Absence  Without  Leave:  Enlisted  men,  364,  369. 

Abstracts  of  Payment:  772,  773,  778. 

Abstracts:  Target  ranges,  expense  of  procuring  and 

preparing,  615. 

Accountability  for  Property:  See  Property,   Fed- 
eral, accountability. 

Accounting  for  Property.    See  under  Property,  Fed- 
eral "Accounting." 
Accounts.    See   under   Property    and    Disbursing 

Officers. 
Accounts,  Current.    See  under  Property  and  Dis. 

bursing  Officers. 
Accounts,  Transportation: 

Land  grant  roads,  665. 

Mileage,  664. 

Settlement,  659, 663. 

State  rifle  competitions,  539. 

Supplies.    See  Pills  of  Lading. 

Transportation  requests- 
General  instructions,  660. 
Inspector-Instructors,  396,  660,  661. 
Preparation,  662. 
Sergeant-Instructors,  436,  660,  661. 

Travel  allowances,  726-729. 
Acts  of  Congress: 

January  21,  1903,  as  amended  by  Act  of  May  27, 
1908, 13, 14. 

April  23, 1904,  15. 

Jun«^12, 1906, 15. 

March  3, 1911, 16. 

June  3, 1916, 17-83,  140. 

May  12, 1917,  84. 

July  1, 1918,  80. 

July  9, 1918, 18,  30,  83. 

July  11,  1919,  25,  32. 
Adjutants  General: 

Abstract  of  reports  of,  by  Secretary  of  War  to 
Congress,  14. 

Authorized  Staff  organization,  144. 

Dual  capacity,  137. 

Requirements  for  recognition  as  National  Guard 
officers,  139. 

Returns  and  reports,  29. 

Territories  and  District  of  Columbia,  how  ap- 
pointed, 29. 

Tenure  of  office,  138. 

To  render  quarterly  return  of  Unassigned  Re- 
serve, 166. 

Adjutant  General  s  Department:  Subjects  for  ex- 
amination for  appointment  and  promotion,  302 

(N). 
Administrators:  Settlement  with,  814. 


Advertisement,  for  bids,  797,  798. 
Affidavits:  866,  867. 
Age  Limitations: 
Appointments,  232. 
Appointment  in  National  Guard  Reserve,  172, 

174-181. 

Members  of  National  Guard,  21. 
Aides-de-Camp,  496. 

Alaska:  Laws  relating  to  Militia  applicable  to,  25, 97. 
Ambulance  Company.    See  Medical  Department. 
Ammunition: 

Issued  National  Guard  Reserve  during  field  train- 
ing, 203. 

Issue  of,  for  civilian  rifle  practice,  76. 
Animals,  Public: 

Allotments  not  to  precede  date  of  receipt,  977. 
Alteration  of  manes,  etc.,  1001, 
Bedding,  53,  981,  983,  985. 
Blank  forms,  1002, 1003. 
Branding,  999. 
Care  of,  953-1001. 
Changes  in  number,  979. 
Descriptive  cords,  962,  967. 
Federal  assistance  dependent  on  State  support, 

973. 

Forage,  53,  985. 
Helpers- 
Compensation,  951. 

Detail,  953-959. 

Duties,  968. 

Monetary  allowances  for,  954-959. 

Payment,  980,  990-092. 

Qualifications  of,  953. 

Sent  to  camps  of  instruction,  971. 
Inspections,  964-967. 
Issue  of  condemned,  52,  961. 
Maximum  number  of,  964. 
Not  to  be  sent  outside  State,  972. 
Payment,  Veterinary  services,  995. 
Pooling  of,  for  drill,  974. 
Purchase,  521,  625,  960. 
Recovery  of,  883. 
Requisitions,  981. 
Sent  to  camps  of  instruction,  970. 
Shooing,  53,  981,  983,  985. 
Stable  accommodations,  964. 
Subsistence  of  additional,  976. 
Supervision  by  Inspector-Instructors,  993. 
Supplies — 

Agreement  of  Adjutant  General  of  State,  before 
issue  of,  969. 

Blank  forms,  1002, 1003. 

Purchase  of,  964. 

279 


280 


INDEX. 


Animals,  Public— Continued. 
Supplies — Continued. 
Replacement  from  State  funds,  994. 
Requisitions,  963,  978,  981-988. 
Use  of,  limited,  968. 
Withdrawal,  994. 
Transportation,  mounted  officers,  encampments, 

717. 

Unserviceable,  996-998, 1000. 
Withdrawal,  994. 
Appointments: 
National  Guard  Reserve.    See  National  Guard 

Reserve,  Officers. 

Noncommissioned     officers.     See    Noncommis- 
sioned Officers. 

Officers.    See  Officers,  Appointment. 
Appropriations.    See  under  Funds. 
Armament;  same  as  for  Regular  Army,  45. 
Arm  Lockers.    Use  of,  874,  876. 
Armory  Drill.    See  Armory  Instruction. 
Armory  Drill  Pay.    See  Pay,  Armory  Drill. 
Armory  Instruction: 
Aides  de  camp,  496. 
Armory  Schools,  504. 

Assemblies,  number  and  duration,  55,  487. 
Attendance  of  30  per  cent  of  organization  at  each 

drill  of  two  a  week,  492  (a). 
Attendance  National  Guard  Reserve,  168. 
Average  attendance  required,  491  (a). 
Chaplains,  497.     . 
Command,  489,  490. 
Conditions  necessary  for  payment  for,  491,  943, 

945,  946. 

Correspondence  courses,  504. 
Credit  for  not  more  than  one  drill  a  day,  491  (/). 
Credit  for  outdoor  exercise  or  maneuvers,  491  (d ). 
Credit  for  target  practice  on  range,  491  (e). 
Credit  not  allowed  for  correspondence  schools, 

491  (o). 

"Drill"  denned,  491  (c). 
Duties  of  subalterns,  490. 
Enlisted  men,  Staff  Corps,  and  departments, 

494, 495. 

Field  and  staff  officers  not  at  stations  of  com- 
mands, 500. 
General  officers,  498. 
Headquarters  and  staff,  493  (j)  (*). 
Headquarters  company,  troop,  or  detachment, 

493  (a)  to  (/). 

Member  of  organization  drilling  with  own  organi- 
zation, 493. 

Monthly  records  of  attendance,  502,  503. 
National  Guard  Reserve,  168, 191. 
Officers  and  enlisted  men  cannot  qualify  for  pay 

separately,  492  (c). 

Officers,  Staff  Corps,  and  departments,  493  (Q. 
Pay.    See  Pay,  Armory  Drill. 
Reports,  drills,  502,  503. 
Responsibilities  of  commanding  officer,  488. 
Schedules,  486. 

State,  territorial,  or  district  surgeons,  499. 
Supply  company,  troop,  or  detachment,  493  (0) 

to  (i). 
Thirty  per  cent  drills  to  be  recorded  separately, 

492  (6). 
To  be  supplemented  by  schools,  correspondence 

courses,  etc.,  504. 
Training  courses,  486. 


Armory  Instruction— Continued. 
Travel  expenses,  general,  field,  staff,  and  non- 
commissioned staff  officers,  501. 
Arm  racks,  use  of,  874,  876. 
Arms: 

Experimental,  not  issued,  831. 
Issued  to  National  Guard  Reserve  during  field 

training,  203. 
Issued  to  National  Guard  Reserve  when  brought 

into  active  service,  209. 
Right  Of  people  to  bear,  2. 
Army  Service  Schools: 
Attendance,  enlisted  men- 
Accounts,  480. 
Authorized,  62,  471. 
Certificates  of  proficiency,  479. 
Discharge  and  reenlistment  selected  candidates, 

475. 

Pay,  477. 

Qualifications,  473. 
Quarters,  477. 
Recommendations  for,  474. 
Regulations  governing,  471-474. 
Relief  on  account  unsuitability,  478. 
Subsistence,  477. 
Travel  allowances,  477. 
Uniform,  476. 

United  States  Military  Academy,  472. 
Attendance,  officers — 
Accounts,  480. 
Authorized,  62,  462. 
Certificates  of  attendance,  470. 
Certificates  of  proficiency,  465. 
Classification  upon  graduation,  465. 
Diplomas,  465. 

Graduation  to  be  reported,  466. 
Leaves  of  absence,  469. 
Pay  and  allowances,  468, 470. 
Preliminary  examinations.  464. 
Quarters,  468. 

Regulations  governing,  463 
Text  books,  467. 
Travel  allowances,  468. 
Uniform,  467. 
Army  War  College:  Admission  officers  to,  governed 

by  War  Department  regulations,  463. 
Artillery:  Ancient  privileges  of  certain  corps  26. 
Artillery,  Field.    See  Field  Artillery. 
Artillery,  Heavy:  Organization  of  Coast  Artillery 

Corps  into  regiments  of,  when  authorized,  126. 
Assemblies,    armory    instruction.    See  Armory 

Instruction. 

Auditors,  Zone  Property,  930. 
Authority,  military:  How  exercised,  88. 


Bandoleers:  Disposition,  907. 
Bands:  Coast  Artillery,  129,  132. 
Battalions,  Reserve.    See  Reserve  Battalions. 
Batteries:  Monetary  allowances  for  helpers,  954, 

955. 
Bedding:  Purchase  and  issue  for  horses,  53. 981, 983. 

985. 
Bills  of  Lading: 

Accomplishment,  691-694. 

Cancelled,  674. 

Car  and  seal  records,  703. 


INDEX. 


281 


Bills  of  Lading— Continued. 

Carload  and  trainload  shipments,  696. 

Change  of  consignee  and  destination,  698. 

Checking,  700, 

Conservation  of  railroad  equipment,  701. 

Date  instructions  mode  effective,  708. 

Designation  of  consignee,  679. 

Disposition,  681,  682. 

Duplicate.  690. 

Emergency  shipments,  672. 

Form  of,  677. 

Forms,  blank,  668,  670,  671,  707, 

General  lustrum  ions,  683-689. 

Issuance,  667. 

Lost,  695. 

Marking  of  packages,  699. 

Payment  of  accounts,  666. 

Preparation,  678,  680. 

Itelease  of  valuation,  704. 

Reports  of  survey,  705. 

Reshipment  of  freight,  673. 

"Shipper's  order, "  673. 

Size  of  cars,  702. 

Tracers,  706. 

Undelivered,  695. 
Blank  Forms: 

Appointment,  officers,  225. 

Bills  of  lading  668,  670,  671,  707. 

Descriptive  cards  of  animals,  962. 

Discharge  certificates,  362. 

Enlistment,  345, 346. 

Property  accounting  £31,  933. 

Property  accountability,  854. 

Public  animals,  1002, 1003. 

Receiving  reports,  920. 

Requisitions,  920. 

Requisitions  for  property,  825,  931. 

Returns  and  reports,  M.  B.,  1006. 

Shipping  tickets,  920. 

Target  practice,  530. 

Transportation  requests,  660. 

Vaccination,  349. 
Boards,  efficiency: 

Dischargeenlisted  men  account  inaptitude  or  mis. 
conduct,  365,  366. 

Elimination  and  disposition  of  officers,  40,  304. 

National  Guard  Reserve,  186. 

Officers  to  appear  before  on  failure  to  pass  re- 
examination  for  promotion,  231. 
Boards,  examining: 

Composition,  225,  235. 

Data  on  candidates  to  be  submitted  to,  by  War 
Department,  245 

Duties  of  medical  officer,  233. 

Duties  of  members  other  than  medical,  234. 

Evidence,  240. 

Inquiries  as  to  qualifications  of  candidates,  248. 

Marking  of  subjects,  275,  276. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  Medical  Department, 
appointment,  319. 

Order  of  conducting  examinations,  241. 

Organization,  236. 

Proceedings,  disposition,  237. 

Proceedings,  form,  302. 

Proceedings  to  be  confidential,  236. 

Procedure,  238-278. 

Procedure  in  case  of  medical  officers,  298-301. 

Questions  for  examination,  260. 


cards,  examining— Continued. 

Record  to  contain  full  statement  on  disqualifica- 
tion, 255. 

Results  of  proceedings  to  be  communicated  to 
Governors,  228. 

Requirements,  302. 

Subjects,  302. 

Time  of  examination,  260. 

To  furnish  candidates  conies  of  evidence  of  dis- 
qualifying nature,  257. 

Witnesses,  testimony,  240. 
Bonds: 

Property  and  disbursing  officers,  644,  648-654. 


C. 


Call  into  Federal  Service.    See  National  Guard. 
Camps.    See  Field  Instruction. 
Camps  of  Instruction:  Officers   and  noncommis- 
sioned officers,  60. 
Canal  Zone:  Laws  relative  to  Militia,  applicable  to, 

25,97. 

Caretakers:  Target  ranges,  622,  533. 
Cartridge  cases:  Empty,  disposition,  525,  907,  908. 
Cash  books:  Property  and  disbursing  officer's,  782, 

783. 
Cavalry: 

Ancient  privileges  of  certain  corps,  26. 

Drills,  973-975. 

Purchase  and  issue  of  horses,  52. 

Subjects  for  examination  for  commission  and  pro- 
motion, 302  (b). 
Certificates  of  Disability: 

Discharge  by,  369. 

Not  to  be  in  duplicate,  369. 

To  accompany  findings  of  board,  366. 
Certificates  of  Discharge.    See  Discharge  Certificate*. 
Chaplains: 

Duties,  497. 

Subjects  for  examination  for  appointment  and 

promotion,  302  ( M ). 

Checks.    See  Property  and  Disbursing  Officer. 
Chiefs  of  Staff:  Detail  of,  28,  392,  394. 
Civilians:  Appointment  in  the  Reserve,  171. 
Civilian  Employees: 

Caretakers,  markers,  etc.,  target  ranges,  533,  622. 

Rifle  camps  of  instruction,  533,  541. 
Claims: 

Damages  to  property,  state  encampments,  709, 
710. 

Personal  injuries,  711. 

Settlement  of,  770. 
Clips:  Disposition,  907. 
Clothing: 

Infected  with  contagious  diseases,  871. 

Repair  and  renovation,  766. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps: 

Assignment  to  Coast  Defense  commands,  125. 

Attached  personnel  of  Staff  Departments,  131. 

Authorized  personnel  of  companies,  127 

Authorized  personnel,  field  and  staff  officers,  and 
noncommissioned  staff  officers,  132. 

Bands,  129, 132. 

Coast  Defense  commands,  attached  personnel,  131. 

Examinations  for  ratings,  130. 

Heavy  artillery  regiments  organized  when  au- 
thorized, 126. 

Inspection  of  materiel,  560,  569,  570. 


282 


INDEX. 


Coast  Artillery  Corps— Continued 

Organization,  124-126. 

Rated  men,  allowance  per  company,  128. 

Subjects  for  examinations  for  commission  and 

promotion  in,  302  (<f). 
Coast  Defense  Instruction: 

Attendance  National  Guard  Reserve,  unassigned, 
167. 

Attendance  required,  512. 

Attendance  to  be  verified,  513. 

Camp  sites,  how  determined  or  approved,  514. 

Claims  for  damages  to  property,  709,  710. 

Department  commanders  to  charge,  508. 

Fines,  collection,  718. 

General  scheme  of  instruction,  506. 

Law  providing  for  payment  expenses,  30. 

Muster  for  pay,  521,  720. 

Officers  not  belonging  to  organizations,  assign- 
ment to  duty,  520. 

Participation  prescribed,  55,  57-61,  505. 

Pay,  57,  60,  61,  512,  714,  716,  720,  722. 

Pay  and  allowances,  rational  Guard  Reserve,  192. 

Programs  of  instruction,  507. 

Regular  Army  personnel,  50,  509,  510. 

Reports  of  inspections,  510. 

Subsistence,  720,  721. 

Utilization   services    inspector    and     sergeant- 
instructors,  511. 

Wagon  transportation,  713. 
Collar  Ornaments,  550-552. 
Collections,  784-790, 912-914. 
Command: 

When  different  corps  or  commands  join,  SO,  91. 

Where  vested,  joint  encampments  and  maneu- 
vers, 58. 
Commissions: 

Appointments.    See  Appointments,  Officers. 

Vacation  of,  40. 

Vacation  of,  by  officers,  National  Guard  Reserve, 

185. 

Commutation  of  rations,  657,724. 
Compensation:  Helpers,  troops  and  batteries,  53, 

953,  954. 

Composition  of  National  Guard,  21. 
Condemnation  of  property,  868,  870. 
Constabulary,   State:  Organization    and  mainte- 
nance, 24. 

Constitutional  Provisions,  2-6. 
Congress,  Acts  of.     See  Acts  of  Congress. 
Congress: 

Annual  reports  of  Secretary  of  War  to  be  trans- 
mitted to,  14. 

Powers  of,  3. 

Corps  of  Engineers.    See  Engineers. 
Crops: 

Claims  for  damages,  709. 

Target  ranges,  628. 
Correspondence  Courses,  500,  504. 
Correspondence,  Official: 

Inspector-instructors,  415. 

Penalty  envelopes,  416. 

Retired  officers,  460. 

Rules  of,  1020. 

Sergeant-instructors,  439. 
Courts-Martial: 

Approval  or  confirmation  o   Governor  reqmrc'1 
in  certain  cases,  599. 

Arrest  before  trial,  583. 


Courts-Martial—Continued. 

Arrests,  subpoenas,  processes  and  sentences,  71, 

Competency  to  administer  oath,  589. 

Constitution,  powers,  and  proceedings,  65-71. 

Depositions,  594. 

Dishonorable  discharge  for  five  previous  convic- 
tions, 603. 

Eligibility  of  members,  574. 

Expenses,  595. 

Fees,  595. 

Fines,  how  collected,  602,  718. 

Forfeitures,  how  collected,  602. 

Judge  Advocate,  to  prosecute  in  name  of  United 
States  and  State,  586. 

Mileage,  595. 

Oath  of  members,  588. 

Powers,  573. 

Power  to  punish  witnesses,  593. 

Power  to  sentence  to  confinement  in  lieu  of  fines, 
69. 

Punishing  power  limited,  596. 

Punishment,  tables  of  maximum,  605. 

Punishments,  uniformity,  CC4. 

Reduction  noncommissioned  officers,  603. 

Reporter,  compensation,  587. 

Sentences  of  confinement,  582. 

Sentence  of  dismissal,  70. 

Subpoenas,  by  whom  issued,  500. 

Subpoenas,  service  of,  591. 

State  retired  officers  ineligible,  575. 

System,  571. 

Warrants  of  attachment,  592. 

Withholding  of  pay  for  absence  from  drill  not  a 

punishment,  600. 
Courts-Martial,  General: 

Convening  authority,  66,  576. 

Copies  of  order  promulgating  action  to  be  sent  to 
Militia  Bureau,  598. 

Disposition  of  record  of  trial,  585. 

Disposition  of  record  when  appointed  by  Presi- 
dent, 597. 

Punishments,  579. 
Courts-Martial,  Special: 

Convening  authority,  67,  577. 

Copies  of  order  promulgating  action  to  be  sent  to 
Militia  Bureau,  598. 

Punishments,  580. 
Courts-Martial,  Summary: 

Appointing  authority,  68,  578. 

Disposition  of  copy  of  record  of  trial,  584. 

Disposition  of  record,  598. 

Punishments,  581. 

D. 

Dental  Corps.    See  Medical  Department. 
Department  Commanders: 

Control  over  encampments  and  maneuvers,  506, 
508. 

Duties  with  regard  to  National  Guard,  1019. 

Functions  with  regard  to  National  Guard,  1018. 
Desertion: 

Dropping  from  rolls,  361. 

Charge  removed,  354. 
Discharge  Certificates: 

Cause  of  discharge  to  be  stated  on,  368. 

Character,  361. 

Classes,  362. 

Custody  of  blanks,  362. 


INDEX. 


283 


Discharge  Certificates — Continued. 

Indorsement  notification  of  discharge  on  confine- 
ment oases,  367. 

Preparation  and  action  on,  370. 

Statement  of  service,  361. 

To  be  shown  recruiting  officer   when  enlisted 

in  Regular  Army,  378. 
Discharge: 

Enlisted  men.    See  Enlisted  Men. 

Officers.    See  Officers. 
Discipline: 

Conformity  to  system  of  Regular  Army,  54. 

Courtesy  enjoined,  88. 

Deliberations  or  discussions,  89. 

Exercise  of  authority,  86. 

Praise  or  censure,  89. 

Publications,  89. 

Punishments,  86. 

Relation  between  superiors  and  inferiors,  87. 

Respect  to  superiors,  88. 

Use  of  influence,  89. 
Divisions: 

Detail  of  Chiefs  of  Staff,  28,  392-394. 

Organization,  93. 
Draft: 

Into  Federal  service.    See  National  Guard. 
"  Drill":   Term  defined,  armory  instruction,  491  (c). 
Drills,  Armory.    See  Armory  Instruction. 
Drills,  mounted,  973-975. 

E. 

Efficiency  Boards.    See  Boards,  Efficiency. 
Employees,  Civilian.    See  Civilian  Employees. 
Employees,  Federal: 
Applications  for  commissions  in  National  Guard 

Reserve,  177. 

Leaves  of  absence  on  military  duty,  43. 
Encampments  and  Maneuvers.    See  Field  Instruc- 
tion. 

Encampments  and  Maneuvers,  Joint: 
Admission  to  Regular  Army  Field  Hospitals,  5 19, 

724,  725. 

Command,  where  vested,  58. 
Contracting  of  bills  or  obligations,  515. 
Fines,  collection,  718. 
Law  authorizing,  57. 
Not  Federal  service,  518. 
Requisitions  for  supplies.  516,  517. 
Subsistence,  purchase,  839. 
Engineers: 

Officers  not  authorized  for  staff  corps  or  depart- 
ment, 140. 

Qualifications  for  original  appointments,  279-281. 
Subjects  for  examination  for  commission  and  pro- 
motion, 302  CE). 

Engineer  Company:  Monetary  allowances  for  help- 
ers, 954,  956-959. 
Enlisted  Men: 
Absent  without  leave,  364. 
Attached  to  Regular  Army  for  instruction,  481-485. 
Attendance  field  instruction.    See  Field  Instruc- 
tion. 
Attendance,  service  schools.    See  Army  Service 

Schools. 

Commissions  in  National  Guard  Reserve,  198, 199. 
Deserters,  364. 

Detail  and  pay  as  helpers  for  batteries  and  troops, 
53,  953,  954. 


Enlisted  Men— Continued. 
Discharge- 
Before  expiration  of  enlistment  period,  359. 

Cause  stated  in  order,  368. 

Certificates,  classes,  362. 

Certificates,  custody  of  blank  forms,  362. 

Certificates  of  disability,  366,  369,  370. 

Certificate  to  be  given  except  when  drafted,  360. 

Change  of  residence,  357,  371-373. 

Character  of  service,  361,  365. 

Date  effective,  363. 

Date  of,  when  serving  sentence  of  confinement, 
367. 

Diacharged  from  Militia  when  drafted  in  Fed- 
eral service,  74. 

Dishonorable,  579,  603. 

Enlistment  in  the  Regular  Army,  376-378. 

Inaptitude  or  misconduct,  365. 
-  Law  governing,  35. 

Notification  to  State  authorities  when  in  Fed- 
eral service  under  call,  375. 

Personal  notice,  367. 

Statement  of  service,  361. 

Under  call  in  Federal  service,  374,  375. 

Under  draft  in  Federal  service,  374. 
Disposition  upon  disbandment  of  organizations, 

99. 

Dropped  as  deserters,  restoration  to  duty,  364. 
Eligibility  for  commissions  in  the  National  Guard 

Reserve,  198. 
Expenses  of  treatment,  Regular  Army   Field 

Hospitals,  724,  725. 
Identification  records,  351,  352. 
Medical  Department,  106,  110. 
Pay.    See  Pay. 
Phj'sical  examination  when  called  into  Federal 

service,  78. 

Qualifications  of,  determined  by  annual  inspec- 
tions, 56. 

Records,  345,  346,  351,  352. 
Staff,  not  considered  as  members  of  National 

Guard  unless  authorized  and  recognized  by 

War  Department,  141. 
Strength  of  1,000  in  units  not  organized  into 

regiments  considered  equivalent  to  resiment, 

144  (6). 

Subsistence,  camps  of  instruction,  60. 
Transfers,  357,  353. 

Transfers  from  line  to  Medical  Department,  110. 
Enlisted    Men,    Regular    Army.     See    Regular, 

Army,  Enlisted  Men. 
Enlistments: 

Accountability  of  recruiting  officers,  340. 
Applicants  with  dependents,  334. 
Articles  of  War  to  be  read  to  applicant,  343. 
Credit  for  previous  service,  373. 
Date  of,  341. 

Declaration  of  applicant  to  be  read,  342. 
Detail  of  recruiting  officer,  330. 
Disposition  of  reports  of  physical  examination, 

354. 

Evidence  of  moral  character,  336. 
Examination,  physical,  347-355. 
Federal  contract  of,  33,  34. 
Federal  recognition  required  to  become  member  of 

National  Guard,  356. 

For  one  and  three  years  carry  no  obligation  to 
serve  in  National  Guard  Reserve,  329  (6). 


284 


INDEX. 


Enlistments— Continued. 

Identification  records,  351,  352. 

Inspection  and  verification  of  enlistment  papers, 
346. 

Law  governing,  32. 

Married  men,  334. 

Medical  Department,  107, 108. 

Minors  under  18,  338. 

Misrepresentations,  343. 

National  Guard  Reserve,  189. 

Oath  of,  33,  34,  342. 

Of  exempted  class  discouraged,  332. 

One  year  authorized  for  previous  service,  329  (6). 

Opportunity  to  enter  into  new  contract,  329  (0). 

Organized  Militia  service  defined,  329  (c). 

Papers,  disposition,  345. 

Period  of,  82, 329. 

Prior  to  authorization  of  organization,  151. 

Procedure,  physical  disqualifications  found  after 
acceptance,  353. 

Prohibition  of  certain  classes,  333. 

Proof  of  age,  339. 

Proportion  of  one  and  three  year,  329  (c)  (d)  (ft). 

Qualifications  for,  32,  331. 

Records,  inspection  and  verification,  346. 

Reports  of  physical  examination,  355. 

Service  under  previous  contracts,  32, 329  (g). 

Special  authority  on  failure  to  pass  required  ex- 
aminations, 337. 

Three  months'  residence  required,  335. 

Vaccination,  349. 

enlistment  Contract,  Federal:  33, 34, 152. 
Enlistments,  Regular  Army:  197,  376-378. 
Envelopes,  Penalty.    See  Penalty  Envelopes. 
Equipment: 

Disposition  of  obsolete  or  condemned  issues,  48. 

Experimental  not  issued,  831. 

Issued  National  Guard  Reserve  during  field  train- 
ing, 203. 

Issued  National  Guard  Reserve  when  brought 
into  active  service,  209. 

Issue  of,  to  National  Guard,  46. 

New  types  of,  issued  without  cost,  47. 

Same  as  Regular  Army,  45. 
Estimates:  Annual  expenses  of  Militia,  82. 
Examinations,    Officers.    See    Officers,    Examina- 
tions. 
Examinations,  Physical: 

Call  or  draft  into  Federal  service,  78,  354, 1015. 

Disposition  of  reports  of,  354. 

Enlistment,  347-355. 

Officers- 
Annual,  220. 
Appointment,  249-253. 
National  Guard  Reserve,  183. 

Reports  of,  to  be  inspected  and  verified,  355. 
Executors:  Settlement  with,  814. 
Exemptions:  Militia  duty,  22, 332. 

F. 

Federal  Enlistment  Contract,  33,  34, 152. 

Federal  Funds.    See  Funds. 

Federal   Government:  Rights  retained  by,   over 

National  Guard,  146. 
Federal  Inspection.    See  Inspections. 
Federal  Recognition: 

Adjutants  General,  139. 

Common  errors  at  inspections  for,  164. 


Federal  Recognition— Continued. 

Conditions  requisite  for,  149, 150. 

Defined,  148. 

Deferred  for  field  or  staff  officers  pending  accept- 
ance of  units,  159. 

Field  officers,  Staff  officers,  State  Staff  officers,  158, 
159. 

Necessary  for  National  Guard  status,  147. 

Officers,  required  for  appointment  made  by  Gov- 
ernors, 226. 

Officers,  tentative,  227,  229. 

Officers,  withdrawal  in  case  of  failure  to  pass  ex» 
animations,  229. 

Procedure  prior  to,  153. 

Small  units,  156. 

Federal  Service:  Call  or  draft  into.    See  under  Na- 
tional Guard. 
Field  Artillery: 

Drills,  973-975. 

Headquarters  Company,   monetary    allowances 
for  helpers,  954,  955. 

Headquarters  Company,  not  to  be  organized  Un- 
less complete  regiment  authorized,  157. 

Inspection  of  materiel.  560,  569. 

Purchase  and  issue  of  horses  for,  52. 

Subjects  for  examination  for  commissions  and 
promotions,  302  (E). 

Target  ranges,  627. 

Field  Hospital  Companies.    See  Medical  Depart- 
ment. 
Field  Instruction: 

Attendance  National  Guard  Reserve,  163,  167, 
190-192. 

Attendance  required,  512. 

Attendance  to  be  verified,  513. 

Camp  sites,  how  determined  or  approved,  514. 

Claims  for  damages  to  property,  709,  710. 

Claims  for  personal  injuries,  711. 

Conditions  requisite  for  pay,  720. 

Department  Commanders  to  nave  charge,  506, 508. 

Fines,  collections,  718. 

Inspections,  510,  559. 

Instructors  at  disposition  of  Department  Com- 
manders, 511. 

Law  providing  for  payment  expenses,  30. 

Muster  for  pay,  521,  720,  721. 

Officers  not  belonging  to  organizations,  assign- 
ment to  duty,  520. 

Outdoor  target  practice,  522,  531. 

Participation  prescribed,  55, 57-61, 505. 

Pay,  57,  60,  61,  512,  714-716,  720,  722. 

Pay  and  allowances,  National  Guard  Reserve,  192. 

Payment  of  expenses,  encampments,  etc.,  712-723, 

Programs  of  instruction,  507. 

Regular  Army  personnel,  59,  509,  510. 

Reports  of  inspection,  510, 559. 

Rifle  camps  of  instruction,  532^539. 

Scheme  of  instruction,  506. 

Subsistence,  721. 

Transportation,  721. 

Transportation  of  mounts,  717. 

Utilization  services  inspector  and  sergeant-in- 
structors, 511. 

Wagon  transportation,  713. 
Fines,  602,  718. 
Finger-print  records,  351. 
Fire,  protection  from,  873. 
Forage:  Purchase  and  issue  for  horses,  K3,  985. 


INDEX. 


285 


Forces,  Land  or  Naval  of  United  States:  Use  of, 

7-12. 

Forms,  Blank.    See  Blank  Forms. 
Funds: 

Abstracts  of  payment,  772,  773,  778. 

Annual  estimates  required  for  carrying  out  pro- 
visions, Act  of  June  3, 1916,  82. 

Apportionments,  Act  of  June  3, 1916, 30, 639-343. 
Section  67,  30,  639,  640,  643. 
Section  83,  641-643. 

Appropriations,  Actof  JuneS,  1916,629-638. 
Section  67,  629,  635. 
Section  83,  630,  636. 
Section  89,  631,  637. 
Section  90,  632,  637. 
Section  109,  633,  638. 
Section  110,  634.  638. 

Available  for  purchase  of  horses,  52. 

Bills  of  lading,  666-708. 

Collections,  784-790,  912-914. 

Company,  disposition,  called  or  drafted  into 
Federal  service,  729,  730. 

Confined  to  fiscal  yearfor  which  appropriated,  735. 

Contracts  for  future  payments,  732. 

Deposits  by  property  and  disbursing  officer, 
740-743. 

Deposit  of  refundments,  784. 

Disbursements,  by  officer  on  duty  in  Militia  Bu- 
reau, 659  (b). 

Disbursements,  by  property  and  disbursing 
officers,  659  (a). 

Disposition  of  proceeds  of  condemned  stores.  51. 

Disposition  of  proceeds  sales,  unserviceable  or 
unsuitable  property,  50,  857. 

Disposition  of  stoppages  on  account  of  loss  of,  or 
damage  to  property ,  50. 

Expenditures  in  excess  of  appropriations,  732. 

Expenses,  interstate  rifle  competitions,  538. 

Money  accounts^property  and  disbursing  officers, 
738. 

Participation  in  apportionment  debarred  on  ac- 
count failure  to  comply  with  Federal  regula- 
tions. 380. 

Payments.  See  Property  and  Disbursing  Officers, 
Payments. 

Payment  of  helpers,  9SO. 

Payment,  subsistence,  and  transportation,  en- 
campments and  maneuvers,  57. 

Payment  of  wagon  transportation,  practice 
marches,  713. 

Proceeds  of  sale  of  condemned  property,  785,  786. 

Proceeds  of  sale  of  land,  787. 

Property  and  Disbursing  Officers.  See  Property 
and  Disbursing  Officers. 

Purchase  and  issue  of  forage,  etc.,  for  horses,  53. 

Receipts  in  blank  or  in  advance  of  payments,  736. 

Regimental,  disposition,  called  or  drafted  into 
Federal  service,  729. 

Requisitions  for,  655, 658. 

Sale  of  crops  on  target  ranges,  628. 

State,  disposition,  organizations  called  or  drafted 
into  Federal  service,  730. 

Summary  of,  772.  776,  778. 

Transfers  between  appropriations  or  apportion- 
ments. 733. 

Transfers  to  credit  of  property  and  disbursing 
officer,  734. 

Transportation  accounts,  660-365. 


Funds— Continued. 

Use  for  purposes  other  than  for  which  appro- 
priated, 732. 
Furloughs:  Temporary  change  of  residence,  372. 


General  Supply  Depots:  Repair  and  alteration  of 
property,  902. 

Governor:  Staff  of,  not  members  of  National  Guard 
unless  detailed  from  line  or  Staff  Corps  or  De- 
partments, 142. 

H. 

Hawaii:  Laws  relating  to  Militia  applicable  to,  25, 

97. 

Heirs:  Settlement  with,  814. 
Helpers.    See  Animals,  Public. 
Home  Guards:  Uniform,  552. 
Horses.    See  Animals,  Public. 


Induction:  Effected  by  call  or  draft,  1010, 1011. 
Infantry: 

Ancient  privileges  of  certain  corps,  26. 
Machine-Gun  Companies- 
Monetary  allowances  for  helpers,  954, 956-959. 

Not  to  be  authorized  unless  complete  regiment 

is  authorized,  157. 

Subjects  for  examinations ,  candidates  for  appoint- 
ment and  promotions,  302  (A). 
Insignia;  Collar  of  coat,  550. 
Inspections: 
Armory,  annual- 
Attached  members,  565. 

By  whom  made,  557, 561. 

Coast  Artillery  materiel,  569. 

Correction  of  irregularities  or  deficiencies,  f-  63. 

Credit  for  strength,  565. 

Field  Artillery  mat&iel,  569. 

Members  absent  from  commands,  iC5. 

Objects,  557, 558. 

Period,  557. 

Property,  564. 

Reports,  action  on,  566, 567. 

Required,  56, 557. 

Signal  Corps  Coast  Artillery  equipment,  570. 

State,  at  same  time  as  Federal,  562. 
By  whom  made,  561. 
Classified,  556. 

Common  errors  at,  for  Federal  recognition,  154. 
Field,  510, 559. 

Organizations,  for  Federal  recognition,  153. 
Preliminary  arrangements,  561. 
Property  and  disbursing  officers,  accounts,  568. 
Special,  560. 

State,  at  same  time  as  Federal,  562. 
Target  ranges,  608. 
Inspector  General's  Department: 
Authorized  Staff  organization,  144. 
Officers  of,  to  make  annual  armory  inspections,  56. 
Subjects  for  examination  for  appointments  and 

promotions,  302  (K) 
Inspector-Instructors : 
Absence  from  State  or  district,  404. 
Accompanying  National  Guard  troops  called  out 

by  State,  387. 
Accounts,  how  settled,  659  (a). 


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INDEX. 


Inspector-Instructors—Continued. 
Acting,  422. 

Annual  armory  inspection,  397. 
Assignment,  389,  391. 
At  disposition  of  department  commanders  at 

encampments,  maneuvers,  etc.,  511. 
Authority  over,  382,  388. 
Change  of  station,  389. 
Charges  against,  384. 
Clerical  assistants,  417. 
Commissions  in  National  Guard,  385, 386. 
Conduct    of    armory    schools,    correspondence 

schools,  etc.,  504. 
Correspondence,  official,  415. 
Designation  prescribed,  379. 
Detail  officers  Staff  Corps  and  Departments,  394. 
Division,  assigned  as  chief  of  staff,  392,  393. 
Division,  assignment,  391. 
Division,  duties,  391, 393. 
Duties,  381-383. 

Engaging  in  other  occupations,  403. 
Examinations,  390. 
Inspection,  enlistment  papers,  420. 
Inspection,  records,  420. 
Inspection,  animals,  420. 
Inspections,  as  required  by  War  Department, 

390. 

Instruction,  how  imparted  by,  398-403. 
Medical,  assignment,  394. 
Not  under  orders  of  State  authorities,  382,  388. 
Office  expenses,  417. 
Offices  and  office  furniture,  417. 
Officers  detailed  as,  16. 
Penalty  envelopes,  416. 
Period  of  duty,  379. 
Powers  restricted,  381. 
Publications  and  circulars,  War  Department,  to 

be  studied  by,  411-413. 
Purposes  of  detail,  381,  382. 
Records  to  be  turned  over  to  successor,  413. 
Relief,  384. 

Reporting  on  taking  station,  390. 
Reports,  390. 

Reports,  additional  to  quarterly  as  deemed  ad- 
visable, 407. 
Reports,  attendance   at   assemblies  for  drill  or 

instruction,  409,  410. 
Reports,  monthly,  410. 
Reports,  quarterly,  405,  406,  408. 
Senior- 
Assignment  to  districts,  391. 
Charged  with  general  supervision  of  instruc- 
tion,401. 

Quarterly  reports,  405. 
Reports  to  be  forwarded  through,  410. 
Sanitary  troops,  394. 
Supervision  of  animals,  993. 
Tipping,  418. 
To  issue  reference  publications  to  sergeanMnstruc- 

tors,  414. 

Transportation  requests,  396,  660,  661. 
Travel  expenses,  payment,  418,  726. 
Uniform  to  be  worn,  421. 
Visits  of  instruction,  395. 
Instruction,  Field.    See  Field  Instruction. 
Insurance: 

Buildings  on  target  ranges,  626. 
Property,  873. 


J. 

Judge  Advocate  General's  Department:  Subjects 
examination  for  appointment  and  promotion, 
302  (L). 

Joint  encampments.     See  Encampments  and  Man- 
euvers, Joint.. 

L. 

Land:  Disposition  of  funds,  sale  of,  785,  787. 

Land  Forces:  Act  of  June  3, 1916  applicable  only  to, 

80. 

Laws,  Federal.    See  Acts  of  Congress. 
Loases:  Target  ranges,  618. 
Leaves  of  Absence: 

Government  employees  on  military  duty,  43. 

Officers  attending  Army  Service  Schools,  469. 
Legislation:  Enactment  by  states  to  conform  with 

Section  110,  Act  of  June  3,  1916,  73. 
Loan  Records:  Property,  919. 
Location  of  Units  of  National  Guard,  31,  95. 

M. 

Machine-Gun  Companies,  Infantry.    See  Infantry. 
Maintenance  of  other  troops  by  States,  24. 
Maneuvers.    See   Field  instruction,  also  Encamp- 
ments and  Maneuvers,  Joint. 
Marine   Corps:    Enlistment    of   National    Guard 

Reservists  in,  197. 
Markers:  Target  ranges,  533,  622. 
Materiel: 
Care,  953. 

Coast  Artillery  Corps,  inspection,  560,  569,  570. 
Field  Artillery,  inspection,  560, 569. 
Ordnance- 
Care,  887. 

Districts  of,  for  repair  of,  892. 
Inspection,  893-895. 
Issue,  829. 

Receipt  to  be  reported,  900. 
Repair,  891-902. 
Medical  Department: 
Ambulance    Companies,    monetary   allowances 

for  helpers,  954,  956-959. 

Appointments,  officers.    See  Officers,  Appoint- 
ment. 

Attached  to  Coast  Defense  Commands,  131. 
Authorized  Staff  organization,  144. 
Dental  Corps — 
Officers,  duties,  119. 
Organization,  116. 
Qualifications    for    original    appointment   in, 

287-291. 
State,  territorial,  or  district  dental  surgeon, 

117, 118. 

Enlisted  composition,  106. 
Enlisted  men,  proportion  of  privates,  first  class 

to  privates,  144  (d). 

Enlistments,  reenlistments,  transfers,  107-110. 
Field  Hospital  Companies,  helpers,  954,  956-959. 
Functions  of,  102. 
Medical  Corps- 
Composition,  111. 

Qualifications  for  original  appointment,  282-286. 
State,  territorial,  or  district  Surgeon,  112,  115, 

499. 

Noncommissioned  officers- 
Appointment,  315-325. 
Examinations,  326-328. 
Reduction,  325. 


INDEX. 


287 


Medical  Department— Continued. 
Organization,  103, 105. 
Personnel  of,  how  known,  104. 
Sanitary  troops,  classification,  105. 
Subjects  for  examinations  for  appointments  and 

promotions,  302  (G). 
Veterinary  Corps- 
Officers,  duties,  123. 
Organization,  120. 
Qualifications   for   original    appointment    in, 

292-297. 
State,  territorial,  or  district  Veterinarian,  121, 

122. 

Medicines:  Charges  for,  field  hospitals,  joint  en- 
campments and  maneuvers,  724,  725. 
Memorandum  receipts,  919  (c). 
Militia: 

Annual  estimates  required,  82. 
Act  of  June  3, 1916,  applicable  to  land  forces  only, 

80. 

Composition,  20. 
Exemptions  from  duty  in,  22. 
Naval.    See  Naval  Militia. 
President  empowered  to  make  rules  and  regula- 
tions to  enforce  provisions  of  Act  of  June  3, 
1916,  respecting,  81. 

Unorganized.    See  Unorganized  Militia. 
Use  of,  7-12. 
Militia  Bureau: 
Disbursement  of  funds  by  officer  on  duty  in, 

659  (6). 
Duties,  1017. 
Functions,  1016. 

Funds  for  payment  expenses  of,  30. 
Law  creating,  44. 

Officers  of  National  Guard  detailed  in,  44. 
Minors:  Enlistment,  338, 339. 

N. 

National  Guard: 
Age  limits  of  members,  21. 
Armament  same  as  Regular  Army,  45. 
Armory    Drill    and   Instruction.     See    Armory 

Instruction. 

Assigned  to  divisions,  brigades,  etc.,  27,  94. 
Attached   to    Regular    Army    for    Instruction, 

481-485. 

Call  into  Federal  service- 
Authority  for,  7-12. 

Defined,  1008. 

Made  effective  by  proclamation  or  order,  1010, 
1011. 

Mobilization,  1014. 

Physical  examination,  1015. 

Proclamation,  how  transmitted,  1012. 

Terms  of,  transmitted  by  Adjutants  General, 

1013. 

Camps  of  Instruction,  60. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps.    See  Coast  Artillery  Corps. 
Composition  of,  21, 145. 
Courts-Martial.    See  Courts- Martial. 
Discipline  to  conform  to  Regular  Army  system, 

54. 

Draft  into  Federal  Service- 
Defined,  1009. 

Enlisted  men  National  Guard  Reserve,  193. 

Filling  of  vacancies  under,  39. 

Law  governing,  74. 


National  Guard— Continued. 
Draft  into  Federal  Service— Continued. 

Made  effective  by  proclamation  or  order,  1010, 
1011. 

Mobilization  under,  1014. 

Pay,  74. 

Physical  examination,  1015. 

Proclamation,  how  transmitted,  1012. 

Terms  of,  transmitted  by  Adjutants  General, 

1013. 

Enlisted  men.    See  Enlisted  Men. 
Enlistment  in  Regular  Army,  376-378. 
Equipment,  same  as  Regular  Army,  45. 
Examination,     physical.     See     Examination*, 

Physical. 

Failure  to  comply  with  Federal  regulations,  380. 
Federal  control,  146. 

Federal  recognition.    See  Federal  Recognition. 
Funds.    See  Funds. 
Increased  Federal  control  over,  380. 
Increments,  25,  97. 

In  service  of  United  States,  status,  17. 
Inspections.     See  Inspections. 
Issue  of  equipment,  etc.,  to,  46. 
Location  of  units  and  headquarters,  how  fixed,  95. 
Noncompliance  with  Federal  Act,  penalty,  7^. 
Number  of,  to  be  organized,  25. 97. 
Officers  and  enlisted  men  not  considered  members 

of,  unless  authorized  and  recognized  by  War 

Department,  141. 
Officers.    See  Officers. 
Organization.    See  Organization. 
Organizations.    See  Organizations. 
Pay.    See  Pay. 
Pensions,  75. 

Recognition.    See  Federal  Recognition. 
Relations  with  department  commanders,  1018, 

1019. 

Training,  55. 
Uniform.    See  Uniform. 
Use  of,  within  States  not  limited,  24. 
When  subject  to  laws  or  regulations  governing 

Regular  Army,  64. 
National  Guard  Reserve: 

Applications  of  Federal  employees  for  commis- 
sions in,  177. 

Appointment  civilians  in,  171. 
Appointment  of  medical  officers  in,  172. 
Arm  to  which  assigned  when  called  into  active 

service,  209. 
Arms  and  equipment  for,  when  brought  into 

active  service,  209. 
Assigned — 

Armory  instruction,  168,  191. 

Arms  and  equipment  for,  during  field  training, 
203. 

Assignment  to  complete  strength  of  units,  190. 

Composition,  162  (a). 

Discharge,  201. 

Disposition  upon  removal  from   vicinity   of 
organization,  194. 

Field  instruction,  163,  191,  192. 

Procedure  in  case  of  death,  196. 

Records,  16 i,  206. 
Composition,  161,  162. 
Disbandment    of    organization,    disposition    of 

officers,  171  (a). 
Discharge  on  certficate  of  disability,  202. 


288 


INDEX. 


National  Guard  Reserve— Continued. 
Draft,  180. 
Enlisted  men — 

Assignment  to  active  organizations,  190,  191. 

Composition,  189. 

Drafted,  report  in  grade  of  private,  193. 

Eligibility  for  commissions,  198, 199. 
Enlistment   contract  carries   no   obligation  to 

serve  in,  329  (/). 
Enlistment  in  Regular  Army,  Navy,  or  Marine 

Corps,  197. 

Examination,  physical,  183, 202. 
Field  instruction,  163,  167,  190-192. 
Imprisonment  of  member  by  sentence  civil  court 

to  be  reported,  200. 
Law  governing,  41. 
Officers- 
Age  limits,  172,  174-176. 

Appointment,  Officers'  Reserve  Corps,  187. 

Appointments,  40,  171-182. 

Change  of  status,  166. 

Discharge  at  age  of  64, 181. 

Disposition  on  reaching  age  limits,  178, 179. 

Efficiency  boards  in  case  of,  186. 

Examination,  physical,  183, 220. 

Rank,  188. 

Right  of  former  to  wear  uniform,  178. 

Uniform,  181,  184. 

Vacation  of  commissions,  185. 
Organization  into  tactical  or  other  units,  169. 
Pay.    See  Pay. 
Procedure  in  case  loss  of  or  damage  to  property 

issued  during  f.eld  training,  205. 
Records,  206. 

Tactical  units  not  authorized  in  time  of  peace,  169. 
Transportation  when  brought  into  active  service, 

208. 
Unassigned— 

Armory  instruction,  168, 190,  191. 

Arms,  ammunition,  and  equipment  for,  during 
field  training,  203-205. 

Composition,  162  (6). 

Discharge,  201, 

Disposition  upon  change  of  residence,  195. 

Field  instruction,  167, 191, 192. 

Organization  into  res-erve  battalions  in  time  of 
war,  210. 

Pay,  camps  for  field  training,  and  on  mobiliza- 
tion,^?. 

Procedure  in  case  of  death,  196. 

Quarterly  reports  of  addresses,  165. 

Quarterly  returns,  166. 

Records,  164. 

Reporting  for  active  service,  208. 
National  Militia  Board:  Abolished,  44. 
National  Trophy:  Figure  of  merit,  how  computed, 

527. 

Naval  Militia:  Repeal  of  provision  for,  80. 
Navy:  Enlistment  National  Guard  recruits  in, 

197. 

Noncommissioned  Officers: 
Appointment,  Medical  Department,  315-325. 
Appointment,  other  than  Medical,  313,  314. 
Detail  as  instructors  at  target  ranges,  76. 
Examinations   for   appointment,    Medical   De- 
partment , 326-328. 
Reduction,  323, 325,  603. 

Noncommissioned   Officers,  Regular  Army.    See 
Regular  Army. 


Oaths: 

Examining  boards,  239. 
Commissioned  officers,  269,  270. 
Subscription  to,  before  entry  on  pay  rolls,  719. 
Oaths,  Dual:  By  whom  administered,  153,  (d). 
Oaths,  Federal: 
Enlistment,  33,  34. 
Officers,  36. 
To  be  submitted  with  notice  of  appointment 

225. 

Official  Correspondence.     See  Correspondence,  Of- 
ficial 
Officers,  Militia  Bureau:    Pisbursement  of  funds, 

659  (&). 

Officers,  National  Guard: 
Appointments — 
Age  limits,  232. 
Discharged  from   Militia  when  drafted  into 

Federal  service,  74. 
Field  and  Staff,  recognition  deferred  pending 

acceptance  of  unit,  159. 
Made  by  Governor  must  be  recognized  by  War 

Department,  226. 
Oaths,  269.  270. 
Officers,  Reserve  Corps,  187. 
Procedure,  153, 225. 
Property  and  Disbursing,  30, 644. 
Qualifications,  original  appointment- 
Dental  Corps,  287-29J. 
Engineers,  279-281. 
Medical  Corps,  282-286. 
Veterinary  Corps,  292-297. 
Requirements,  232. 
Surveying,  detail,  50,  857,  858. 
Tentative  recognition  of  appointees,  229. 
To  be  confined  to  grade  and  arm  for  which  ex- 
amined, 228. 
Attached  to  Regular  Army  for  instruction,  481- 

485. 

Attendance,  Army  Service  Schools.    See  Army 
Service  Schools. 

Field  instructions.    See  Field  Instructions. 
Service  Schools,  62. 
Change  of  status,  166,  311,  312. 
Classes  from  which  selected,  223. 
Coast  Artillery  Corps  assigned  to  fort  and  fire 

commands,  125. 

Detail  as  instructors  at  target  ranges,  76. 
Detailed  as  assistants  in  Militia  Bureau,   44, 

629  (n). 

Detailed  to  command  higher  tactical  units,  94. 
Discharge,  303-305. 

Elimination  and  disposition  of,  40,  304. 
E  xaminations — 
Adjutant     General's     Department     subjects, 

302  (N). 

Average  required,  277. 
Cavalry  subjects,  302  (B). 
Certificate  of  qualification,  candidate,  255. 
Chaplains,  subjects,  302  (M). 
Coast  Artillery  Corps  subjects,  302  (D). 
Data  on  candidates  to  be  submitted  by  War  De- 
partment, 245. 

Delay  allowed  for  preparation,  227. 
Diplomas  or  certificates  to  be  submitted,  244. 
Disqualification,  254,  257. 
Discharge   papers   or   recommendations  sub- 
mitted, 243. 


INDEX. 


289 


Officers,  National  Guard— Continued. 
Examinations— Continued. 

Duties  of  medical  officers  of  board,  233. 

Duties  of  officers  of  board  other  than  medical, 
234. 

Elementary,  271,  272. 

Eligibility  for,  232. 

Engineer  subjects,  302  (E). 

Equitation,  268. 

Excused  from  on  presentation  of  certificate  or 
diplomas  from  service  schools,  278. 

Field  Artillery  subjects,  302  (C). 

For  commission,  38,  225,  227-278. 

General  efficiency  of  candidate,  242,  247-256. 

Individual  records  of  candidates,  246. 

Infantry  subjects,  302  (A). 

Inspector     General's     Department    subjects, 
302  (K). 

Judge   Advocate  General's  Department  sub- 
jects, 302  (L). 

Marking  of  subjects,  275,  276. 

Medical  Department,  298-301,  302  (G). 

Oral,  261. 

Order  of  conducting,  241. 

Ordnance  subjects,  302  (I). 

Physical.    See  Fxamination,  Physical,  Officers. 

Practical,  260,  261,  265,  267. 

Prior  to  final  Federal  recognition,  153. 

Procedure  of  boards,  238-278. 

Professional,  271-273,  302. 

Quartermaster  Corps  subjects,  302  (H). 

Questions,  260. 

Reexamination  in  case  of  failure,  231. 

Requirements,  221,  302. 

Results  of  proceedings  to  be  communicated  to 
Governors,  228. 

Signal  Corps  subjects,  302  (F). 

Subjects,  302. 

Testimonials  as  to  moral  character,  247. 

Time  of,  260. 

Waiver  of,  222. 

Written,  258-264. 

Written,  oral,  or  practical,  or  all,  249. 
Expenses  of  treatment,  Regular  Army  Field  Hos- 
pitals, 724,  725. 
Expenses  while  acquiring  and  developing  ranges, 

613,  614. 

Failure  to  pass  examination  for  promotion,  230. 
Field,  drills,  500,  501. 
Field,  recognition,  158, 159. 
Filling  of  vacancies,  when  drafted,  39. 
General,  498. 

Medical,  appointed  in  National  Reserve,  172. 
Noncommissioned.    See    Noncommissioned   Offi- 
cers. 

Oaths,  269,  270. 
Oath,  Federal,  36. 
On  retired  or  unassigned  lists,  have  no  Federal 

status,  170. 
Pay- 
Camps  of  instruction,  60. 

Compensation  for  services,  72. 
Physical  examination  when  called  into  Federal 

service,  78. 

Promotions,  procedure  of  boards,  238-278. 
Promotions,  procedure  on  failure  to  pass  reoxami- 

nation,  231. 

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Officers,  National  Guard— Continued. 
Promotions,  tentative  recognition,  229. 
Property  and  disbursing.    See  Property  and  Dis* 

bursing  Officers. 
Qualifications,  37,  38. 

Qualifications  of,  determined  by  annual  inspec- 
tions, 56. 

Recognition.    See  Federal  Recognition. 
Recruiting— 
Accountability,  340. 
Detail  of,  330. 

Requirements  for  recognition,  221. 
Retired.    See  Regular  Army:  Officers,  Retired. 
Separation  from  service,  303-308,  312. 
Staff— 

Drills,  500,  501. 

Not  considered  members  ol  National  Guard 
unless  authorized  and  recognized  by  War 
Department,  141. 
Recognition  of,  158,  159. 

States  required  to  pass  laws  concerning  ap- 
pointment of,  73. 
State  Staff,  recognition,  158, 159. 
Surplus,  disposition  of,  40. 
Surveying.    See  Surveying  Officers. 
Transfer,  309-312. 
Travel  allowances,  726. 
Officers,  Xational  Guard   Reserve.   See  National 

Guard  Reserve,  Officers. 
Officers,  Noncommissioned.  See  Noncommissioned 

Officers. 

Officers,  Regular  Army.    See  Regular  Army,  Offi- 
cers. 

Officers,  Reserve  Corps.    See  Regular  Army,  Offi- 
cers. 

Optical  Instruments:   Care  of,  888. 
Orders:  Obedience  to  and  prompt  execution,  85. 
Ordnance  Department: 
Attached  to  Coast  Defense  Commands,  131. 
Authorized  staff  organization,  144. 
Issue  of  Ordnance  materiel,  829. 
Subjects  for  examination  for  appointments  and 

promotions,  302  (I). 
Ordnance  MateTiel: 
Care  and  preservation,  887. 
Districtsfor  inspection,  repair,  and  alteration,  892. 
Inspection,  893-895. 
Issue  of,  829. 

Receipt  to  be  reported,  900. 
Repair,  891-902. 
Organization: 

Assignment  of  units  to  brigades,  etc.,  94. 
Detached  platoons  authoiized,  98  (6). 
Headquarters,  machine-gun   and   supply   com- 
panies or  troops,  157. 
Higher  tictical  units,  92-94. 
New  units  to  comply  with  policy  outlined,  160. 
Pay  and  allowances,  Xational  Guard  Reserve,  41 
Procedure  prior  to  Federal  recognition,  153. 
Same  as  prescribed  for  Regular  Army,  23,  92. 
Tentative,  youths  under  18  not  National  Guard, 

101. 

Units  maintained  to  be  as  prescribed  by  War 
Department,  92. 

See  a/so  under  arms  of  service  concerned. 
Organizations: 
Disbandment  of  units,  31,  96,  99. 


290 


INDEX. 


Organizations— Continued. 

Location  of  units,  31,  95. 

Not  to  be  disbanded  without  consent  of  President, 
96. 

Of  youths  under  18  years  not  part  of  National 
Guard,  101. 

Outside  territorial  limits  of  United  States  author- 
ized to  recruit  to  legal  maximum,  98  (a). 

Strength,  25,  31,  97,  98. 

Upon  application,  may  be  authorized  to  enlist  to 

legal  maximum,  98  (a). 
Organized  militia: 

Defined  as  applying  to  Military  Service,  329  (e). 

Officers,  not  a  part  of  National  Guard  unless  recog- 
nized as  such,  147. 
Ornaments,  collar,  550,  552. 

P. 

Packing  boxes,  empty:  Disposition,  907. 
Pay: 

Civilian  labor  on  target  ranges,  533,  622. 

Computation  of  time,  813. 

Deduction  of  fines,  718. 

Encampment  and  maneuvers,  57. 

Encampments,  State  sharing  expense  of,  712. 

Encampments  and  maneuvers  to  include  date  of 
leaving  home  rendezvous  to  date  of  return,  61. 

Federal  service,  13. 

Field  instruction,  57,  60,  61,  512,  714-716,  720,  722. 

Members  of  national  rifle  team,  536. 

Muster,  field  instruction,  521,  720. 

National  Guard  Reserve- 
Law  authorizing,  41. 
Field  or  coast  defense  training,  167, 191, 192, 207. 

Not  authorized  for  31st  day  of  month,  722. 

Property  and  disbursing  officers,  142,  645. 

Sergeant-Instructors,  444. 

Staff  Corps  and  Departments,  143. 

State  rifle  competitions,  539. 
Pay,  Armory  Drill: 

Application  of  section  110,  Act  of  June  3,  1916, 
950-952. 

Basis  for  computing,  943. 

Calculation  of,  945, 946, 949. 

Conditions  to  be  fulfilled,  491, 943, 945, 946. 

Initial  date  due,  944. 

National  Guard  Reserve,  168, 191. 

Reports  required,  502,  503, 934. 

Tables,  946-948. 

See  also  Armory  Instruction. 
Pay,  Enlisted  Men: 

Attached  to  Regular  Army  for  Instruction^  62, 484. 

Attending  Army  Service  Schools,  62, 477. 

Camps  of  instruction.  60. 

Drafted  into  Federal  service,  74. 

Law  authorizing,  73. 

Percentages  calculated  on  average  attendance, 
949. 

Rates,  18. 

Rifle  competitions,  535,  536. 

Service  Schools,  62. 
Pay,  Officers: 

Acquiring  and  developing  ranges,  614. 

Attached  for  field  instruction.  520. 

Attached  to  the  Regular  Armyforinstruction,62, 
484. 

>Camps  of  instruction,  60. 


Pay,  Officers— Continued. 
Drafted  into  Federal  service,  74. 
Law  authorizing,  72. 
Percentages  calculated  on  average  attendance, 

949. 

Rates,  72. 

Regular  Army,  retired,  detailed  with  Militia,  15. 
Rifle  competitions,  535.  536. 
Service  Schools,  62,  468,  470. 
Pay  Rolls: 
Abbreviations,  937. 
Application  of  section  110,  Act  of  June  3,  1916, 

950-952. 

Basis  for  computing  pay,  943. 
Calculation  of  pay  due,  945,  946. 
Charges  on,  lost  or  damaged  property,  912-914. 
Composition,  936  (6). 
Conditions  to  be  fulfilled  to  be  entitled  to  pay, 

491,  943,  945,  946. 
Determination  of  initial  date  on  which  pay  be* 

comes  due,  944. 
Disposition,  935. 

Filed  in  Treasury  Department,  936  (a). 
Fines,  collection  of,  during  encampments,  718. 
Names  to  be  entered  on.  936  (d). 
Officers  attached  for  field  instruction,  520. 
Oath,  subscription  to,  before  entry  on,  719. 
Payments,  942. 
Percentages  calculated  on  average  attendance, 

949. 

Preparation,  720,  935-941. 

Preparation,  encampments,    State   sharing   ex- 
pense, 712. 
Signatures,  941. 

Table  of  maximum  and  minimum  pay,  947,  48. 
Typewritten  and  carbon  copies,  936  (c). 
Penalty  envelopes,  416. 

Pensions:  Benefits  of,  to  National  Guard  in  Fed- 
eral service  under  draft,  75. 
Platoon:  Detached,  authorized,  98  (6). 
Porto  Rico:  Laws  relative  to  Militia  applicable  to, 

25,  97. 
Privates,  First  Class:  Proportion  of,  to  privates, 

144  (d). 

Precedence:  Among  Regulars,  Militia,  and  Volun- 
teers, 90. 

Promotions.    See  Officers. 

Property  Accounting.    See  under  Property,    Fed- 
eral. 

Property  and  Disbursing  Officers: 
Abstracts  of  payments,  772,  773,  778. 
Accountability,  Federal  property,  845,  '847,  848, 

854,855. 
Accounts — 

Closing  of,  738,  815-820. 

Separate  under  each  bond,  738. 
Accounts,  current- 
Blank  forms,  778. 

Closing  of,  781. 

Disallowances,  779. 

Disposition  of  original  and  copy,  772. 

Final,  777. 

Method  of  keeping,  773-775,  790. 

Rendition,  771,  772,  776,  789. 

Suspension,  780. 
Appointment,  30,  644. 
Bonds,  644,  648-4554. 
Cashbooks,  782,  783. 


INDEX. 


291 


Property  and  Disbursing  Officers— Continued. 
Checks- 
Alterations,  749. 

Destroyed,  759. 

Disposition  after  payment,  757. 

Disposition  on  relief,  748. 

Drawn  in  favor  of  payee,  758. 

Drawn  in  favor  of  self,  758. 

Erasures,  749. 

How  drawn  and  payable,  737. 

How  written,  752. 

Issue  of  blank,  746. 

Lost,  759. 

Numerical  symbol,  751. 

Old  accounts,  how  settled.  754. 

Outstanding  and  unpaid.  818-820. 

Outstanding  liabilities,  753. 

Payments  when  made,  755. 

Receipt  for,  748. 

Record  of  blank,  747. 

Safeguarding  blank,  751. 

Signing  blank,  736. 

Spoiled  or  cancelled,  750. 

Stolen,  759. 

Transfer,  748. 

Claims,  settlement  of,  709,  711,  770. 
Clerical  hire,  646. 
Collections,    784-790. 
Daily  record,  cash  transactions,  788. 
Deposits,  740-743. 
Deputy,  646. 
Designated  by  Governor  to  submit  requisitions, 

821,  822. 

Disbursement  of  funds.  659. 
Disposition  unexpended  balances,  739. 
Expenditures — 

Disbursing  officer  to  have  no  individual  interest 
in  purchases,  762. 

Naval  Militia,  765. 

Purchases,  760,  761. 

Reimbursement  for  from  private  funds,  763. 

Repair,  renovation,  uniform  clothing,  766. 

Repairs  to  wagons  or  trucks,  764. 

Transportation  Federal  property,  767. 

Transportation   unserviceable   property,    768, 

769. 

Funds  placed  to  credit  of,  655,734, 737. 
Gambling,  745. 

Inspection  of  accounts  and  records,  30,  568. 
Institution  of  survey  proceedings,  883. 
Law  authorizing,  30. 
Money  accounts,  738. 
Pay,  30,  143,  645. 
Payments — 

Accounts  not  paid  until  due,  755. 

Cash,  756,  758. 

Checks,  758. 

Purchases,  756. 

Services,  756. 

Property  accounting,  915-933. 
Receipts  in  blank  or  in  advance,  736. 
Records,  correction  of,  853. 
Settlement  with  heirs,  814. 
Signature  to  be  furnished  depositories,  739. 
Summary  of  funds,  772,  776,  778. 
Travel  expenses,  647,  726. 
Transfer  of  funds  to  credit  of,  734. 
Unlawful  use  of  funds,  744. 


Property  and  Disbursing  Officers— Continued. 
Vouchers — 

Advertisement  for  bids,  797,798. 

Computation  of  time,  813. 

Disposition  of  original  and  copies,  791, 792. 

Due  bills,  812. 

Entered  separately,  799. 

Erasures,  793. 

Identification  of  payee,  810. 

Notations  on,  in  payments  for  purchase,  etc., 
756. 

Numbering,  796. 

Payments  by  checks,  808. 

Payments,  supplies  or  services,  800-802. 

Payments  with  currency,  803-807,  809. 

Signatures,  795,  811. 

Signature  by  mark,  795. 

Statement  of,  802. 

Unit  prices,  794. 

Written  in  pencil,  793. 
Property,  Federal: 
Accounting — 

Blank  forms,  931,  933. 

Individual  equipment  cards,  927. 

Inventories,  916. 

Issues,  922. 

Loan  records,  919. 

Memorandum  receipts,  919. 

Miscellaneous  transfers,  923-926. 

Receiving  reports,  920. 

Reports,  over,  short,  and  damaged,  921 

Requisitions,  920. 

Returns,  929. 

Shipping  tickets,  920. 

Shortages,  917. 

Stock  record  card,  918. 

Surveys,  928. 

System  same  as  Regular  Army,  915. 

Zone  property  auditors,  930. 
Accountability — 

Blank  forms,  854. 

Defined,  843. 

Organizations  called  into  Federal  service,  846. 

Property  and  Disbursing   Officers,   845,  847, 
848,  854,  855. 

Property  unaccounted  for,  844. 

Regular  Army  regulations  to  govern,  854. 

Surveys.    See  under  Property  "Lost,  Damaged 

or    Destroyed." 
Amount  and  condition  of,  determined  by  annual 

inspections,  56. 
Appropriations.    See  Funds. 
Bills  of  lading,  666-708. 
Blank  forms,  854. 
Condemned,  48,  51,  785,  786,  909-911. 
Defective  shipments,  851,  852. 
Disposition  and  replacement  of  damaged,  50. 
Equipment,  small  arms,  field  guns,  new  types  of, 

issued  vdthout  cost,  47. 
Examination  on  receipt,  851. 
Expendable,  905. 
Experimental.  831. 
Free  issues,  824. 
How  obtained,  824. 

Inspection  of  field  and  coast  artillery  materiel,  569. 
Insurance,  873. 
Issues— 

By  office  Director  of  Purchase  and  Storage,  829. 


292 


INDEX. 


Property,  Federal— Continued. 
Issues— Continued. 

Experimental  stores  and  supplies,  831. 

Limited  to  standard  types,  831. 

National  Guard  Reservists  during  field  training, 
203-205. 

Ordnance  mate'riel,  829. 

Provisions  for  protection,  832. 
Keys  to  storerooms,  885. 
Loan  records,  919. 
Loans,  842. 
Lost,  damaged,  or  destroyed— 

Accessibility,  879. 

Action  of  responsible  officer,  854,  887. 

Affidavits,  866,  867. 

Animals,  883. 

Animals,  unserviceable,  996-998, 1000. 

Classes  of  unserviceable,  869. 

Condemnation,  868,  870. 

Detail  of  surveying  officer,  50.  857,  858. 

Empty  cartridge  cases,  packing  boxes,  banao- 
leers  and  clips,  907,  908. 

Expendable,  905. 

Expenses,  surveying  officers,  859. 

Evidence,  866. 

General  supply  depots,  902. 

Infected  clothing,  871. 

Insurance,  873. 

In  transit,  705. 

Keys  to  storerooms,  885. 

Methods  of  dropping,  904. 

Optical  instruments,  care  of,  883. 

Ordnance  materiel,  repair,  891-901. 

Ordnance  property,  care  and  preservation,  887. 

Penalty  for  carelessness,  856. 

Protection  from  fire,  873. 

Protection  from  theft,  874-881,  886. 

Publications,  905. 

Reasonable  care,  873,  880,  881. 

Recovery  of  lost  or  stolen,  866. 

Reimbursement,  loss  or  damage,  912-914. 

Repairs,  889-902. 

Reports  of  survey,  preparation,  860,  861,  865, 
928. 

Responsibility  for  improper  storage,  872. 

Sale  of  condemned,  909-911. 

Seizure,  unlawfully  held,  884. 

Small  arms,  protection,  874-876,  880. 

State  held  responsible,  863. 

Storage,  877,  878. 

Transportation  to  arsenals  or  depots,  862. 

See  also  Surveying  Officer. 
Miscarried,  849. 
Obsolete,  48. 

Procurement  and  issue,  46. 
Protection,  832,  873,  874-881,  886. 
Provisions  for  protection  and  care  of  required,  46. 
Purchase,  State  funds- 
Authorized,  49,  824,  833. 

Blank  forms,  833. 

Certificate  on  requisition,  834. 

Issue  to  officers,  840. 

Nomenclature,  Ordnance  and  Ordnance  stores, 
836. 

Payment,  835, 837. 

Remittances  in  payment  Ordnance  stores,  837, 
838. 

Report  on,  833. 


Property,  Federal— Continued. 
Purchase,  State  funds— Continued. 

Requests  for,  in  triplicate,  833. 

Sales  to  individuals,  840. 

Shipping  address.  834. 

Subject  to  requisition  by  United  States.  833. 

Subsistence  stores,  joint  maneuvers,  839. 
Receipts  in  blank,  853. 
Requisitions- 
Animals,  981. 

Blank  forms,  825. 

By  whom  made,  821,  822. 

Certificate  on,  826. 

Funds,  when  available,  823. 

Not  honored  prior  to  recognition,  155. 

Number  of  copies,  821,  822. 

Ordnance  mate'riel,  829,  830. 

Preparation,  920. 

Separate  for  each  class  of  supplies,  827,  828. 

Shipping  address,  826. 
Responsibility — 

Defined,  843. 

How  determined,  882. 

Organizations  called  into  Federal  service,  846. 
Returns,  rendition  obviated,  915, 929. 
Sales  to  individuals,  840. 
Shortages  in  shipments,  851,  852. 
Survey  proceedings,  50,  857-890. 
Theft,  874-881,  886. 
Title  to,  841. 
Transfers,  850. 
Transportation  of,  767. 
Transportation  of  unserviceable.  768,  7G9. 
Unaccounted  for,  843,  844. 
Verification  of  shipments,  852. 
Zone  property  auditors,  930. 
Property  returns:  Rendition    obviated    by   new 

system,  915. 

Public  Animals.    See  Animals,  Public. 
Public  Moneys.    See  Funds. 
Purchase  and  Storage  Office:  Ordnance  mat6riel 

issued  by,  829. 
Purchases:  See    under   Property    and    Disbursing 

Officers.  "Expenditures." 
Punishments:   Legality  and  promptness,  86. 


Quartermaster  Corps: 
Attached  to  Coast  Defense  commands,  131. 
Authorized  Staff  organization,  144. 
Proportion  of  privates,  first  class,  to  privates, 

144  (d). 
Subjects  for  examination  for  appointments  and 

promotions,  302  (H). 
Quarters: 
Enlisted  men  attending  Army  Service  Schools, 

477. 

Officers  attending  Army  Service  Schools,  468. 
Sergeant-instructors,  449. 

B. 

Ranges,  Target.    See  Target  Ranges. 
Rank: 

Among  Regulars,  Militia  and  Volunteers,  90. 

Officers,  National  Guard  Reserve,  188. 
Rations,  Commutation: 

Enlisted  men,   Regular  Army,  on  duty  with 
National  Guard,  657. 

Field  Hospitals,  724. 


INDEX. 


293 


Rated  Men:  Allowance  per  Coast  Artillery  Corps 

company,  128. 

Ratings:  Coast  Artilley  Corps  examinations,  130. 
Receipts:  Giving  or  taking  in  blank,  or  in  advance 

of  payments,  736. 

Recognition,  Federal.    See  Federal  Recognition. 
Records: 
Enlisted  men,  preparation  and  verification,  345, 

346. 

Identification,  351,352. 
Recruitment.    See  Enlistments. 
Reenlistments: 
Action  in  case  of  unfavorable  recommendation 

of  commanding  officer,  361. 
Before  expiration  period  of  confinement,  367. 
Conditional,  when  sick  or  injured,  344. 
Married  men,  334. 
Medical  Department,  107, 109. 
Papers,  disposition,  345. 
Privilege  of,  32. 
Regular  Army: 
Enlisted  men — 

Detail  as  sergeant-instructors,  19,  63,  423. 
Detail  to  attend  encampments  and  maneuvers, 

59. 

Enlistments,  National  Guard  in,  376-378. 
Enlistment,  National  Guard  Reservists  in,  197. 
Hospitals,  subsistence   charges,  joint   encamp- 
ments and  maneuvers,  724,  725. 
Noncommissioned  officers- 
Detail  as  instructors,  target  ranges,  76. 
Detail  as  sergeant-instructors,  19,  63,  423.    See 

also  Sergeant-Instructors. 
Quartermaster  Corps,   detail   with   National 

Guard,  450. 
Tipping,  723,  726. 
Travel  allowances,  726-729. 
Officers- 
Acceptance  of  commissions  in  National  Guard, 

63. 

Adjutant  General's  Department,  detail  as  in- 
spector-instructors, 394. 
Detail  as  chiefs  of  staff,  tactical  divisions,  28. 
Detail  as  instructors,  target  ranges,  76. 
Detail  to  attend  encampments  and  maneuvers, 

59. 

Detail  to  command  higher  tactical  units,  27, 77. 
Inspection  target  range  sites,  608. 
Inspector-Instructors.    See    Inspector-Instruc- 
tors. 

Inspector-General's  Department,  detail  as  in- 
spector-instructors, 394. 
Judge  Advocate  General's  Department,  detail 

as  inspector-instructors,  394. 
Medical,  appointment  as  State  surgeon,  113. 
Medical,  detail  as  inspector-instructors,  394. 
Ordnance  Department,  detail  as  inspector-in- 
structors, 394. 
Quartermaster  General's  Department,  detail  as 

inspector-instructors,  394. 
Recruiting,  action  in  case  enlistments,  377,  378. 
Surveys  of  property,  857-859. 
Tipping,  723,  726. 

Travel  allowances,  30,  726,  727,  729. 
Officers'  Reserve  Corps- 
Appointment,  officers  National  Guard  in,  187. 
Appointment,  officers  National  Guard  Reserve 
in,  187. 


Regular  Army — Continued. 
Officers'  Reserve  Corps— Continued. 
Examination  enlisted  men  for  commissions  in, 

199. 

Members  not  eligible  for  appointment  in  Na- 
tional Guard,  224. 
Officers,  Retired- 
Accompanying  National  Guard  when  ordered 

out  by  State,  455. 
Assignment,  451. 
Charges  against,  457. 
Correspondence,  official,  460. 
Detail  as  Inspector-Instructors  not  authorized, 

451. 

Detail  with  Militia,  15, 63, 451. 
Duties,  453. 

Federal  appropriations  not  available  for  pay- 
ment expenses,  454. 

Not  available  for  Federal  inspections,  453. 
Period  of  duty,  451. 
Publications  and  circulars,  War  Department, 

to  be  studied,  459, 461. 
Relief,  457. 

Reporting  for  duty,  452. 
Reports,  attendance  at  assemblies  for  drill, 

409, 458. 

Reports,  quarterly,  405,  456. 
Procedure  incident  to  enlistment  in,  376-378. 
Quartermaster  sergeants  detail  with  National 

Guard,  450. 
Shooting  galleries  and  ranges  open  to  Nation  U 

Guard  and  rifle  clubs,  610. 
Use  of  personnel  for  instruction,  encampme  its 

and  maneuvers,  59. 

Rent:  Target  ranges,  payment  in  advance,  617. 
Repairs  to  property,  889-902. 
Reports: 

Armory  drills,  502, 503. 
Armory  inspections,  564,  568. 
Annual,  Secretary  of  War  to  Congress,  14. 
Attendance  at  assemblies  for  drill,  409, 440, 458. 
Change  of  status,  166,  311,  312. 
Field  inspection,  510, 559. 
Inspector-Instructors,  405-410. 
Officers,  retired,  405,  457. 
Over,  Short,  or  Damage,  851. 
Sergeant-Instructors,  438-440. 
Tabulated  list  of  required,  1004-1007. 
Target  practice,  531. 

Reports  of  Survey,  50,  705,  857-890.    See  also  under 

Property,  Federal,  "Lost,  Damaged,  or  Destroyed." 

Requisitions.    See  under  Property,   Federal,  and 

under  Funds. 
Reserve  Battalions: 
Arms,  uniforms,  and  equipment  of,  as  prescribed 

for  Regular  Army,  218. 

Assignment  to,  officers  and  noncommissioned 
officers  unable  to  perform  active  field  service, 
217. 

Composition  and  organization,  42,  211. 
Maintenance  of,  212. 
Object  of,  212. 
Obtained,  214. 
Officers,  how  provided,  42. 
Recruit  training,  42. 

To  be  formed  in  each  State  in  time  of  war,  210. 
Transfer  from,  42. 

Transfer  to  fill  vacancies  in  organizations  in  active 
service,  213-216, 219. 


294 


INDEX. 


Reserve,   National   Guard.    See    National    Guard 

Reserve. 
Responsibility  for  Property.    See  tinder  Property, 

Federal. 

Retired  List:    No  Federal  status,  170. 
Retired   Officers.    See  Regular  Army,    "Officers, 

Retired." 
Returns: 

Property,  rendition  obviated,  915. 

Tabulated  list  of,  required,  1004-1007. 

Unassigned  reserve,  166. 
Rifles:  Issue  of,  for  civilian  rifle  practice,  70. 
Rifle  Competition.    See  Target  Practice. 
Rifle  Practice.    See  Target  Practice. 
Rifle  Ranges.    See  Target  Ranges. 
Rolls,  Pay.    See  Pay  Rolls. 

S. 

Sales:  To  individuals  not  authorized,  840. 
Sanitary  Troops.    See  Medical  Department. 
School,  Array  Service.    See  Army  Service  Schools. 
Secretary  of  War:  Annual  report  to  Congress,  14. 
Sergeant-Instructors : 
Absence  from  duty,  437. 
Accompanying  National  Guard  troops  called  out 

by  State,  433. 

Accounts  of  pay  and  clothing,  444. 
At  disposition  of  Department  Commanders  at 

encampments,  maneuvers,  etc.,  511. 
Car  fare,  448. 
Charges  against,  432. 

Commutation  allowance  deducted  from  subsist- 
ence when  traveling,  446. 
Commutation  of  rations,  444. 
Conduct,  431. 

Correspondence,  official,  439. 
Designation,  423. 
Duties,  426,  427. 

Expenses,  payment,  445-447,  659  (a). 
Law  authorizing,  19. 
Medical  attendance,  445. 
Noncommissioned  officers,  Quartermaster  Corps, 

450. 

Pay,  444. 

Period  of  duty,  423. 
Publications,  disposition,  441. 
Quarters.  449. 
Reenlistment,  438. 

Reimbursement  for  meals  when  traveling,  728. 
Relations  with  members  of  National  Guard,  429, 

430. 

Relief  from  duty,  432. 
Reporting  for  duty,  425. 
Reports,  438-440. 

Attendance  at  assemblies  for  drill  and  instruc- 
tion, 409,  440. 

Change  of  address,  442. 

Quarterly,  438. 

Special,  438. 

Through  whom  rendered,  439. 

To  be   forwarded   through   senior  inspector - 

instructor,  410. 
Service  records,  444. 
Stationery,  how  furnished,  443. 
Services  restricted  to  military  duties  427. 
Transportation  requests,  660,  661. 
Travel  allowances,  726,  727-729. 
Under  whose  orders,  424,  428,  429. 


Sergeant-Instructors — Continued. 
Utilization  of  services  by  inspector-instructors, 

417. 

Visits  of  instruction,  434,  435. 
Service  Records: 

Preparation  and  disposition,  345. 
Sergeant-instructors,  444. 
Service  Schools.    See  Army  Service  Schools. 
Shoeing.    See  Animals,  Publk. 
Signal  Company:  Monetary  allowances  for  heipers, 

954,  956-959. 
Signal  Corps: 

Inspection  of  equipment  installed  in  Coast  Artil- 
lery Armories,  570. 

Officers  not  authorized  for  Staff  Corps  and  Depart- 
ments, 140. 
Subjects  for  examination  for  appointments  and 

promotions,  302  (F). 
Small  Arms:  Protection,  874,  880. 
Stables:  Accommodation  for  animals,  C64. 
Staff  Corps  and  Departments,  State: 
Adjutant  General,  appointment  and  status,  137- 

139. 

Authorized,  81, 133. 

Designations  of  officers  and  enlisted  men,  135, 136. 
Drills,  enlisted  men,  494,  495. 
Drills,  officers,  493  (I). 
Engineer  officers  not  authorized,  140. 
Pay  members  dependent  on  compliance  with 

section  110,  Act  of  June  3, 1916, 143. 
Personnel  of,  additional  to  that  authorized  fur 

tactical  units,  133. 
Purposes  of,  133, 134. 
Signal  officers  not  authorized,  140. 
State  Surgeon  to  be  a  menber  of,  114. 
Tables    of   personnel    authorized    for    varioas 

strengths,  144. 

Staff  Officers.     See  Officers,  Staff. 
Staff: 
Of  Governor,  not  per  se  members  of  National 

Guard,  142. 

Officers  and  enlisted  men  not  considered  members 
National  Guard  unless  authorized  by  War  De- 
partment, 141. 
State  Constabulary: 
Authorized,  24. 
Uniform,  552. 
State  Forces: 

Maintenance  in  time  of  peace,  24, 100. 
Uniform,  551-553. 
State  Police: 
Authorized,  24. 
Uniform,  552. 
Stationery,  443,  504. 
Stock  Record  Card:  Property,  918. 
Stoppages:  Pay  officers  and  enlisted  men  account 

lost  or  damaged  property,  51 . 
Stores:  Experimental  not  issued,  831. 
Subsistence: 
Charges,  field  hospitals,  joint  encampments  and 

maneuvers,  724,  725. 

Encampments  and  maneuvers,  57,  720,  721. 
Enlisted  men  attached  to  Regular  Army  for  in- 
struction, 484. 

Enlisted  men,  camps  of  instruction,  60. 
Enlisted  men,  State  rifle  competitions,  539. 
Enlisted  men  of  National  Rifle  Teams,  536. 
Officers  acquiring  and  developing  ranges,  613. 


INDEX. 


295 


Summary  of  funds,  772,  776,  778. 

Supply  Companies:  Not  to  be  organized  unless  com- 
plete regiment  authorized,  157. 

Supplies,  Transportation.    See  Bills  of  Lading. 

Surgeon,  State.     See  Medical  Department. 

Surveying  Officers: 

Action  in  connection  w'  t)  property,  50. 
Affidavits,  866,  867. 
Appointment,  857,  858. 
Eliciting  evidence,  866. 


Surveys  of  Property.    See  under  Property,  Federal, 
"Lost,  Damaged,  or  Destroyed." 

T. 

Tables  of  Organization:  To  govern  strength  of  units, 

National  Guard,  98  (a). 
Target  Practice: 

Acting  inspectors  of  small-arms  practice,  526  (a). 
Authorized  but  not  required  to  fire,  529. 
Civilian  employees,  533,  541. 
Detachments  authorized,  522. 
Disposition  of  empty  cartridge  cases,  etc.,  525, 

907,908. 

Encouragement  of,  76. 
Figure  of  merit,  526,  527. 
Forms  for  records,  530. 
How  conducted,  523,  524. 
National  trophy,  527. 
Outdoor,  to  be  under  canvas  or  in  cantonments, 

522. 

Participation  in,  57,  522,  523. 
Percentage  of  apportionment  to  be  used  in,  606, 

640. 

Reports,  annual,  626  (c),  530,  531. 
Rifle  camps  of  instruction,  532-534. 
Rifle  competitions- 
Executive  personnel  authorized,  540. 

Expenses,  how  paid,  542. 

Interstate,  538. 

Markers  and  scorers,  541. 

Medals,  544. 

National  match,  537. 

Not  assemblies  for  drill  and  instruction,  535. 

Pay,  members  of  National  Rifle  Team,  536. 

Preliminary  Practice,  536. 

Prizes,  .44. 

State,  536. 

Subsistence,  enlisted  men  of  National  Rifle 
Team,  536. 

Trophies,  544,  545. 

Who  will  fire,  528. 
Target  Ranges: 
Acquisition,  606-620. 
Animals  for  use  on,  625. 
Caretakers,  533,  622. 
Civilian  labor,  533,  622. 
Construction  of  buildings,  621. 
Crops  on,  628. 
Damages  to  leased,  623. 
Disposition  of  funds,  sale  of,  785,  787. 
Establishment  or  maintenance  and  use  of,  30,  76, 

621,  628. 

Expenses  in  adapting  premises  for  use  as,  624. 
Expenses  incident  to  abstracts,  title  papers  and 

surveys,  615. 
Expenses  officers  while  acquiring  and  developing, 

613,  614. 


Target  Ranges— Continued. 

Field  Artillery,  627. 

General  use  of,  611. 

Initiative  in  acquiring,  607. 

Inspection  prior  to  purchase,  60S. 

Insurance,  buildings,  626. 

Leases,  618. 

Maintenance,  621-628. 

Purchase,  how  consummated,  608. 

Purchase  to  be  approved  by  Secretary  of  War,  607. 

Regular  Army,  open  to  National  Guard  and  organ- 
ized rifle  clubs,  610. 

Reimbursement  from  Federal  funds  when  pur 
chased  by  State,  609. 

Rental,  616-619. 

Sale  useless  or  unavailable,  620. 

Sites,  how  determined  or  approved,  514. 

Telephones,  534,  621. 

Title  papers,  disposition,  608. 

Title,  where  vested,  612. 

Twenty-five  per  cent  apportionment  under  sec- 
tion 67,  Act  of  June  3, 1916,  required  to  be  used, 
606,  640. 

Telephones.    See  Target  Ranges. 
Territories:    Governors  of,  to  fix  location  of  units 

and  headquarters  of  National  Guard,  95. 
Territory:  Meaning  of  word  in  laws  relative  to  Mili- 
tia, 25,  97. 

Theft:  Protection  from,  874-881,  886. 
Tips: 

Fees  allowed,  Regular  Army  officers  and  non- 
commissioned officers,  726. 

States  in  which  prohibited,  723. 
Title  Papers:  Target  ranges,  expense  of  procuring 

and  preparing,  615. 
Training  of  the  National  Guard,  55. 
Transfer: 

Enlisted  men.    See  Enlisted  Men,  Transfer. 

Medical  Department,  107, 110. 

Officers.    See  Officers,  Transfer. 
Transportation: 

Allowances,  726-729. 

Encampments  and  maneuvers,  57,  720,  721. 

Land  grant  roads,  665. 

Mileage,  664. 

Mounts,  717. 

Requests  for,  396,  436,  660-662. 

Settlement  accounts,  659,  663. 

State  rifle  competitions,  539. 

Supplies.    See  Bills  of  Lading. 
Transportation  Accounts.    See  Accounts,  Transpor- 
tation. 

Transportation  Requests.    See  Accounts,    Trans- 
portation. 
Travel  Allowances: 

Baths,  726. 

Enlisted  men  attending  Army  Service  Schools, 
477. 

Noncommissioned  officers,  Regular  Army,  on 
duty  with  National  Guard,  726,  727. 

Officers  acquiring  and  developing  ranges,  613. 

Officers  attending  Army  Service  Schools,  468. 

Officers'  Regular  Army,  on  duty  with  National 
Guard,  726,  727. 

Parlor  and  sleeping  cars,  726. 

Tipping  fees,  726. 
Travel  Rations,  657. 


296 


INDEX. 


Troops:  *•" 

Maintenance  in  time  of  pe"atf£  limited,  24, 100. 
State,  not  part  gf  Nationalj>uafd  unless  recog- 
nized as  such,  147. 

U. 

Unassigned  List:  No  Federal  status? 170. 
United  States  Army:  Composition,  17. 
United  States  Military  Academy: 

Attendance  enlisted  men,  472. 

Attendance  officers  not  authorized,  462. 
Uniform: 

Adjutants  General,  550. 

Badges,  548. 

Cadet  Corps,  educational  institutions,  S3. 

Chevrons,  555. 

Civil  courts   to  determine  infractions   of  law 
against  wearing,  554. 

Collar  ornaments,  550-552. 

Constabulary,  552. 

Defense  leagues,  552. 

Disposition  of,  when  enlisted  men  of  National 
Guard  are  released  from  Federal  service,  83. 

Distinctive  marks  and  insignia,  83,  549. 

Home  Guards,  552. 

Insignia  on  collar  of  coat,  550. 

Issued  to  National  Guard  Reserves  during  field 
training,  204,  205. 

Medals,  548. 

Military  organizations  not  part  of  National  Guard, 
549. 

National  Guard,  45,  83. 

National  Guard  Reserves,  184. 

Officers,  Stafi  Corps  and  Departments,  550. 


Uniform— Cont  inued. 

Penalty  for  violation  of  provisions  of  protection, 
83. 

Prescribed,  546. 

Property  of  the  United  States,  547. 

Right  of  former  Reserve  officer  to  wear.  178. 

State  forces,  551-553. 

State  police,  552. 

When  worn,  547. 
Unorganized  Militia: 

Draft  into  reserve  battalions  in  time  of  war,  212. 

Organized  into  reserve  battalions  in  time  of  war, 
210. 

V. 

Vacancies: 
Appointees  by  Governors  must  be  recognized  by 

War  Department,  226. 

Filling  of,  from  Reserve  Battalions,  of  organiza- 
tions in  active  service,  213-216. 
Filling  of,  in  Regular  Army  due  to  details  to 

National  Guard,  77. 
Filling  of,  when  drafted,  39. 
Vaccination,  345,  349,  355 
Veterinarians:  Civilian,  payment,  995. 
Veterinary  Corps.    See  Medical  Department. 

W. 

War  Department.    Relations  of,   with   National 

Guard,  how  governed,  1. 
Watchmen:  Federal  property,  873,  880. 


Zone  Property  Auditors,  930. 


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